FYI - it has begun. LANANA stands for Linux Assigned Names and Number Authority. Names for some LSB packages will be handled by LANANA:
http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/gLSB/gLSB/pkgnameconv.html If you are interested in helping, please join the mailing list. We will probably need someone to run the package name sub-group too. - Dan From: Daniel Quinlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: creating a LANANA workgroup Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 15:27:43 -0800 (PST) M. Drew Streib writes: > This list is now in operation, and is the delivery mechanism for this > message. Thanks, Drew. I'd like to get started on turning LANANA into a workgroup, perhaps even finishing as soon as our Jan 7 board meeting. I know this is a busy time of year for everyone, so that may not be entirely feasible to finish before February, but we certainly can get started. I will be forwarding this message to LSB, FHS, and maybe a few other Linux standardization mailing lists so any interested parties can join the lanana-discuss mailing list by going to: http://freestandards.org/mailman/listinfo/lanana-discuss As far as the official documentation required to create the workgroup goes, http://www.freestandards.org/policy/fsg102-newworkgroup-draft.txt is a good place to start even though it's not quite official policy yet. We can generate a "FSG102" document with these sections: FSG102-1 PROBLEM DECLARATION AND SOLUTION ABSTRACT FSG102-2b TECHNICAL GOALS OUTLINE FSG102-3a CORE PARTICIPANTS LIST FSG103-3b TASK OUTLINE We should include decision-making policy and the overall process. If you have any questions or comments about the policy draft, please direct them to Drew Streib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. - Dan Daniel Quinlan wrote: >> We're setting up an open LANANA mailing list (at sourceforge) with >> the purpose of forming an official LANANA (Linux Assigned Names and >> Numbers Authority) working group under the Free Standards Group, >> formalizing the process as necessary, and getting any new required >> subgroups up and running. >> >> We can discuss the existing groups as well -- Peter may prefer to >> continue running those as benevolent dictatorships, but we do need to >> have a succession plan and we may want to have an appeals process or >> something like that. >> >> Sub-groups of LANANA will initially cover: >> >> - device naming (existing, hpa) >> - unicode assignments (existing, hpa) >> - LSB namespace requirements (does not exist, ?)
