Le jeudi 13 janvier 2011 à 18:08 +0100, Peter Stuge a écrit :
> > * Unsupported.
> > * Supported (and not should work).
> > * Supported and reviewed (and not Supported).
> 
> The good names depend on what "support" means in this context. I
> don't know that. Do you? Maybe Ludovic can help clarify? 

A word should always be used in the common sense. 

In free software, supported means that a hardware/software can run,
until anyone can fill a bug report or indicate that it is not supported.
And then people propose patches. This is the common sense of
"supported".

Take the example of smartcards in OpenSC. A lot of them are declared
"supported", but presently only 3 or 4 work very well and are not end of
life.

Again:
* Supported and reviewed by libccid author:
Means that the hardware is supported and carefully reviewed. This is an
indication of quality, but also that the vendor paid money.
* Supported
This is the usual meaning. Here is the R-301-v2.
* Unsupported
The reader did not fully pass the benchmark. There should be an
indication of impact on OpenSC. If a reader is reported to work with
OpenSC, users should know.

-- 
                  Jean-Michel Pouré - Gooze - http://www.gooze.eu

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