Folks, Q1. A lot of peripheral libraries (ncurses, etc.) seem to be left out of the spec. Is this intentional? Or are these intended for the spec but simply aren't in there yet? (mabye destined for Utility Libraries section)?
The reason I ask is because there are a lot of programs that depend on these non-core libraries. Granted they are often client-centric programs, but is LSB a server-centric spec? While LSB can't be all things to all ISVs, I would hope that an LSB-compliant distro would allow you to install many of the basics like mutt, etc., which rely on finding a certain version of these libraries. In fact I would guess that many server-centric programs will expect these libraries, since they have client-focused elements for managing and using the server software. For example, I recall that HP Open Mail wouldn't install on Caldera 2.2 because Caldera had several out of date libraries - Unfortunately I just can't recall which libraries they were at the moment or if they fall into the LSB spec. But I'm guessing from memory that the LSB spec wouldn't cover these libs - and I think it should cover anything that a product like HP Open Mail would need. Q2. I noticed that the libraries specified in the spec are named things like libX11.lsb.6 - is this for our own reference, or are we specifying that the libraries must have specifically this name and version # (with "lsb" in the name) in order to be compliant? Q3. Are we asking for trouble by not requiring permissions for directories in FHS 2.x to be compliant? Q4. Since we're not yet getting into things like KDE and GNOME compliance, should we in the meantime define guidelines for what an ISV must include that is not in the LSB spec? In other words, give instructions on what an ISV must do in order to provide a KDE or GNOME application (for example, ISVs must either provide the latest KDE/GNOME libraries that are required for their app to run, or make their application backward compatible with versions X.X so that the latest libraries are not required). Pardon me if these issues have already been hashed out - just coming up to speed here. I'm sure I'll have many more questions as I continue to dig. -Nick -- ********************************************************** Nicholas Petreley LinuxWorld - InfoWorld [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.petreley.com - Eph 6:12 ********************************************************** .
