Re: GNU/Linux distro wars

From: Samuel Tardieu (sam_at_rfc1149.net)
Date: 12/23/03 

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 11:18:21 +0100

Warren> I did a FreeBSD stint for a while (good for firewalls), but the Ada
Warren> support there seemed to be on the decline.

Ludovic> Now Sam Tardieu might not like that. He is the former
Ludovic> maintainer of several Ada packages for Debian, and he
Ludovic> switched to FreeBSD where he maintains gnat among others.

Bad information: Dan Eischen is the current maintainer for this port :)

And I bet that the quality of GNAT for FreeBSD will still improve in the
near future.

  Sam 

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