On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 09:42:10AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > Already works today with flatpak. Gnome, KDE and the like own and control > > > their own ABI policies. > > > > flatpak assumes a sandbox. > > Actually it doesn't. It's designed to use one as a feature but it's not > required. > > > it would be nice imho if kde and gnome etc were just available under a > > general abi like lf lsb. > > They are - the ABI is managed by the projects concerned, and they are > actually pretty good about it within major versions. > > > > i386 is dead anyway except for legacy support. > > > > yes, but for those using legacy hw, it would be nice to get updated > > packages. > > That doesn't need ISO standardisation just people willing to do the no > commercial value work for the fun of it (like Debian).
agree. There could also be some kind of amazon firm, selling apps from an appstore, just like they sell books, and like google play an apples appstore. . > You don't have to standardise obsolete things. They don't tend to change > anyway. CP/M has been perfectly ABI stable since about 1982. I think LSB is useful technology, but maybe not for the ISVs. and thanks for the other info on flatpak and gnome and kde. keld _______________________________________________ lsb-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/lsb-discuss
