Daniel Quinlan wrote: > "Jakob 'sparky' Kaivo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<snip!> > > 2) Where else should we diverge from UNIX98? Am I missing other things we > > do differently? Do we try to fix util-linux or just say we do things the > > util-linux way? Seriously, util-linux has more noncomforming but properly > > named and proper basic funcionality commands than any other package. > > Maybe on a case by case basis. Can you summarize the problems? > Perhaps we can fix them. util-linux tends to be BSD-like, while POSIX > is more SVR4-like. As Linux becomes more mainstream (read: as companies start sending money to Red Hat and other Linux distributors and hope to see something they can use and sell to their customers ...) the need for a UNIX98 brandable version of Linux is going to grow. Should we view UNIX98 compliance as a long term objective or hope that the large companies who are infusing cash into Red Hat and others don't happen to notice that Linux is non-compliant? -- Julie.
