George: When will we be discussing this?
Also, what about trying to incorporate some thoughts about the application has self checked itself to run on both the sample implementation/environment and at least one self declared "Conforming" distribution? Doug George Kraft IV wrote: > > Enclosed is the LSB Conformance proposal that we would like to initiate *now* > at > the beginning of the year. We would like to refine the enclosed terms, then > let > Linux distributions make "LSB Conformance" marketing statements. > > The LSB will then follow up with official "LSB Certification" and "LSB > Compliance" programs that are more formally endorsed by the FSG/LSB. > > George (gk4) > > =============================================================================== > > The LSB would like to initiate a "Conformance" program beginning > January 1st, 2002. The "LSB Conformance" of a Linux distribution > or application would mean that the suppiler makes a social testimonial > to the Linux community. The supplier states, without endorsement > from the LSB or FSG, that to their knowledge their deliverable, at the > time of its release, follows the LSB standard. > > Specifically for Linux distributions: > > 1) follows the LSB written specification > 2) passes the binary LSB TET test suite provide by the LSB > 3) passes the binary lsblibchk > 4) passes the FHS checklist > 5) Documents in their release notes all LSB exceptions with a plan of > resolution and due date > > Specifically for Linux applications: > > 1) follows the LSB written specification > 2) link against the LSB stub libraries and runtime linker > 3) passes the binary lsbappchk > 4) statically links to APIs not specified by the LSB or included with > the applicaiton > > LSB Conformance is not be be confused with LSB Compliance or LSB > Certificaiton. > LSB Compliance is a self test, but requires registration of the results with > the LSB. LSB Certification is third party testing with registration. > > George (gk4) > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Douglas B. Beattie ------------------ Test Architect - Caldera, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
