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- ---- SUBMIT.DOC ----
-
- HOW TO MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE ADA REPOSITORY ON SIMTEL20
-
- OVERVIEW
-
- Please follow these steps:
-
- 1. Obtain the following files, via FTP or otherwise, from
- the PD:<ADA.GENERAL> subdirectory to your host
- computer:
-
- SUBMIT.DOC -- latest submission instructions
- PROLOGUE.ADA -- prologue for you to edit
- SAMPLE.PRO -- a sample prologue
-
- 2. Read SUBMIT.DOC (this file). This is the current set
- of submission instructions.
-
- 3. Edit PROLOGUE.ADA as per these instructions.
-
- 4. Name the edited PROLOGUE.ADA as something.PRO, where
- "something" is indicative of the submission. All
- files associated with a submission should contain a
- maximum of thirteen characters (a nine-character name,
- a period, and a three-character suffix, like
- MYFILE.TXT). The first six characters must be unique,
- and the first two or three characters of all files
- should be the same so that they will be grouped
- together when displayed by the online documentation
- system. Only letters and digits may be used in file
- names, and the first character must be a letter.
- Consult with the maintainer of the Ada Software
- Repository before naming your files so that you can
- pick a 2-3 char prefix that is different from those
- already selected.
-
- Examples of good file names:
-
- MYFILE.TXT SOMETHING.DOC ED12.D ED.
- DOCUMENT.P01
-
- Examples of invalid file names:
-
- MY_FILE.TXT -- contains a char other than letter
- or digit
- THISISATEST.DOC -- too long
-
- EDITOR.DOC
- EDITOR1.DOC -- grouped together, first six
- chars are not unique
-
- Example of a good submission:
-
- PP.PRO -- PROLOGUE file
- PP.SRC -- PAGER source file containing
- all source code
- PP.DOC -- documentation file
- PPREAD.ME -- read me file
-
- Why this is good:
- 1) all file names are valid
- 2) all file names begin with the same first 2 or 3
- characters (a command like DIR PP*.* will
- pick them up)
-
-
- 5. Transmit all files to SIMTEL20. Consult with the
- maintainer of the Ada Software Repository. There are
- several ways to transmit the files (tape, FTP, email).
-
-
- INSTRUCTIONS FOR EDITING PROLOGUE.ADA
-
- 1. UNIT NAME: Type in the name of the compilation unit
- or system. Use any format you desire.
-
- 2. VERSION: Enter a version number in any format you
- desire.
-
- 3. AUTHOR: Enter your name. Your mailing address, phone
- number, etc, are also acceptable.
-
- 4. DDN ADDRESS: Enter your DDN electronic mailing
- address.
-
- 5. COPYRIGHT: Enter a copyright entry. SAMPLE.PRO shows
- a good example, and the files COPYRITE.TXT,
- COPYRITE.INF, and COPYRITE.DOC in PD:<ADA.GENERAL>
- discuss copyrights in some detail. If you are
- releasing the software to the Public Domain, copyright
- protection is not available by law. Only public
- domain software is accepted in the Ada Software
- Repository.
-
- 6. DATE CREATED: Please enter.
-
- 7. RELEASE DATE: Please enter.
-
- 8. LAST UPDATE: Please enter in the following format
- (see SAMPLE.PRO):
-
- NAME_OF_PERSON_MAKING_UPDATE DATE
-
- 9. MACHINE/SYSTEM COMPILED/RUN ON: Please enter the
- computer which the software was compiled on and state
- what Ada compiler was used. If you foresee a
- transportability problem due to machine dependencies,
- please state so here.
-
- 10. KEYWORDS: Please enter some keywords or phrases
- which may be used to categorize your submission.
-
- 11. ABSTRACT: Please summarize the function of the
- software.
-
- 12. REVISION HISTORY: Please make an "Initial Release"
- entry here. See SAMPLE.PRO for an example.
-
- 13. DISTRIBUTION AND COPYRIGHT: Edit this as per your
- wishes. In particular, mark the Public Domain
- release statement as "is" or "is not". Also add any
- restrictions, such as "for non-commercial use only",
- as you desire.
-
-
- THANK YOU
-
- Thank you for your submission to the Ada Software Repository
- at SIMTEL20.
-