I'm researching ORBit2 for inclusion into the Linux Standard Base (LSB). LSB developing a set of standards primarily for ISVs, so a software application can run on any compliant system. ORBit2 is on the list of libraries that are requested by ISVs, and appears to be used by a lot of packages we checked during a quick scan we made internally.
I'm going back through the ChangeLog, and I'm trying to find the answer to several questions that will help decide how to prioritize libraries to be included. Would you consider ORBit2 to be best known practice? (Did I miss ORBit3 or some other successor to the library I'm currently researching, or is there something else?) How long is binary compatibility maintained? It looks like the API hasn't changed (aside from adding new interfaces) for a while, but it's taking me a while to go through all the comments in the ChangeLog. Is there a test suite that exercises the API or functionality (both would be best)? Is there a list of programs I could use to demonstrate ORBit2 functionality? Or maybe a list that shows what depends on ORBit2? Thanks for any help, and please pardon my lack of familiarity with ORBit2. Todd _______________________________________________ orbit-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/orbit-list
