On Thu, 2011-01-13 at 18:39 +0100, Jean-Michel Pouré - GOOZE wrote: > 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.
It would be easier to call it 'certified'. And of cause, certification may be a service that is not for free. > * 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. > _______________________________________________ opensc-devel mailing list opensc-devel@lists.opensc-project.org http://www.opensc-project.org/mailman/listinfo/opensc-devel
