With the merger of OSDL and FSG, the locations of the historical data can be a bit confusing. I was asked to post the summary of DAM-3 again to this list. Here are the "speaking points" we summarized at the end of the meeting in Portland...
http://groups.osdl.org/apps/group_public/download.php/3022/dam3_summary.pdf Since we disperse to our respective projects and organizations, it can be difficult to follow progress in some of the focus areas. Please feel free to send updates on the projects you are involved in. I'll update the list here with some of the things that I know about... Audio / Multimedia ================== General consensus that audio on Linux sucks. Which interfaces should be used? What is the vision? How are proprietary CODECs handled? Kurt Taylor and Paul Davis have taken the lead in forming a sound / multimedia workgroup. It has been a little slow getting off the ground, but should be announced shortly. The collaboration area for this work is http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Linux_Sound_and_Multimedia On the CODEC/DRM front, there have been announcements from Fluendo, Real Networks, Ubuntu, and Linspire on legal ways to get CODECs on the desktop. DRM is a different story. Applications ============ Applications vendors want stable, consistent interfaces maintained over time. Distro-independent apps. One solid step that has been taken is that the LSB is now committed to backward compatibility (especially relating to library interfaces) from LSB 3.0 forward. It will take some time for backward compatibility benefits to be seen, but at least it is in place with the LSB. http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/LSB_Roadmap Distros.....the message was clear that many distros limit their focus and library support to open source. Is there anything the distros would like to say about what is being done to support these 3rd party and proprietary applications moving forward? Cross-Desktop ============= The Portland tools (xdg-utils) are a good start to installation and runtime consistency. The 1.0 version was released in October (http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/11/1355201). The xdg-utils are now included in most development distros, in the LSB, and in the LSB toolkits. Waldo...any updates on the "desktop services" phase (D-BUS-based) of the Portland Project? Till/Ira...any updates on common print dialog as a desktop service? D-BUS is touting API/ABI stability and handles backward compatibility. John/Marius...any updates on inclusion in major distos and usage by key apps (Skype, Qt, OLPC, BlueZ, etc.)? Defect Tracking =============== See recent discussion on this list. HW Driver Support ================= We discussed the possibility of a kit (CD) which users could take with them for assessing a platform for Linux (driver support and Linux compatibility). We also threw around the idea of a compatibility "sticker". Brett/Marc...has this kit evolved yet? John ============================== Desktop Architects Meeting - 4 Google's Mountain View Campus June 14-15 _______________________________________________ Desktop_architects mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop_architects
