Ada policy

[Robert Dewar]

Zack Weinberg wrote:
> Robert Dewar <dewar@gnat.com> writes:

> Whereas I cannot imagine how you manage to miss what is a clear
> implication of the text of that message.

The important point in the message is that it is critical that
the C and Ada compiler be consistent, that is still very much
the case (there may be isolated cases where this is not required
but such combinations are never tested by us).

> I'm willing to accept what you say now as a statement of a changed
> policy, though.

Well I am glad that you see a perceived change that you find
OK, there is in fact no change at all.

>>Just so things are clear, we start our nightly runs with several
>>different older versions of the compiler precisely to make sure we
>>retain as much compatibility with old versions as possible for
>>builds.
> 
> 
> I am very glad to hear this.

This has been the case for a long time

>  A further step forward would be to
> state which older versions those are, what your policies are for
> selecting those older versions, and when the set might change.