[Bug 431098] New: Review Request: gambas2 - IDE based on a basic interpreter with object extensions

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           Summary: Review Request: gambas2 - IDE based on a basic
                    interpreter with object extensions
           Product: Fedora
           Version: rawhide
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
         Component: Package Review
        AssignedTo: nobody at fedoraproject.org
        ReportedBy: tcallawa at redhat.com
         QAContact: extras-qa at fedoraproject.org
                CC: fedora-package-review at redhat.com,notting at redhat.com


Spec URL: http://www.auroralinux.org/people/spot/review/new/gambas2.spec
SRPM URL: http://www.auroralinux.org/people/spot/review/new/gambas2-2.0.0-2.20080128svn1043.fc9.src.rpm
Description: 
Gambas2 is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter
with object extensions, like Visual Basic (but it is NOT a clone !).
With Gambas2, you can quickly design your program GUI, access MySQL or
PostgreSQL databases, pilot KDE applications with DCOP, translate your
program into many languages, create network applications easily, and so
on...

A couple of notes from the packager:

- The subpackaging is done a little... uniquely here, because of the nature of Gambas2. The IDE actually lets you generate RPMs for the code that you write, and it uses these subpackages for dependencies.

- The examples/ directory needs to be world-writeable, or the IDE examples functionality doesn't work at all. It is purposefully owned by "nobody" to minimize any possible security concerns.

- Network based components don't quite work right on x86_64 yet, but given that the previous version of Gambas didn't work at all on x86_64, this is a big step in the right direction. Upstream hopes to have this resolved by 2.1.

- Doesn't work on PPC, or any other big-endian arch.

- Only intended for F9 or higher targets (aka, this won't build right on F8 or older).

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