> If standards compliance isnt easily and freely accessable, do > you think the LSB can (or should) become a standard ?
Compliance *is* easily and freely accessible - today. We're about to update the Testing FAQ with the patches needed to make a glibc 2.2.5 + kernel 2.4.18 "sample implementation" (built from upstream tarballs + very minimal patches) pass all the tests. All the "sample implementation" bits are available in the LSB CVS tree (see www.linuxbase.org and follow the links to the CVS tree). The sample is built following the model of the Linux From Scratch project. The current FAQ already has most of what's needed to achieve this goal. Current CVS glibc plus kernel 2.4.19 already incorporates nearly all of the small set of patches needed relative to glibc 2.2.4 + kernel 2.4.18. We continue to try to push the required patches back to the upstream maintainers. The certification logo is just a step further, designed to give confidence to those folks that need the extra reassurance of an independent impartial audit of the compliance claims. That extra step consts some money to achieve.
