Package: wnpp Severity: normal I am looking for a co-maintainer for this package, especially someone who can test the package thoroughly, submit bug reports and provide patches because I do not use GPS as my main IDE. Areas that need particular attention are integration with adacontrol and python.
Building this package from source is very difficult because of frequent impedance mismatches between GNAT, GtkAda and GPS. I have solved this problem by providing libgnatvsn-dev and libgnatprj-dev from the gnat package and by patching GPS as necessary. The complexity of the build system is also a big source of frustration; I have bypassed it completely and replaced it with debian/rules and a single GNAT project file. This is possible at the expense of flexibility: since I only build for Debian systems, I can make assumptions that make ./configure unnecessary. Thus the Debian build system is actually very simple, reliable and maintainable (very little changes since 2.1.0-6 in February 2006). OTOH, each new upstream release requires updating the patches. Apart from testing, integration and patches, this package will also need to transition to Standards-Version: 3.8.0; this involves a minor change in the patch handling system. The Debian packaging scripts are in a public monotone database: http://www.ada-france.org/article131.html http://www.ada-france.org:8081/branch/changes/org.debian.gnat-gps -- Ludovic Brenta. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]