On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 17:31 +0800, Happy Kamote Foundation wrote: > > Linux Testing Standard? you must be looking for this > > _ISO_ standard: > > > > Linux Standard Base (LSB) core specification 3.1 > > (http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=43781 > > ) > > Oops : > > http://www.google.com.ph/search?q=linux+testing+standard&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official > > (yes im using firefox :) ) > > Oh that one LSB? i found it on wikipedia :) isnt that an organization > created by the FSG (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Standards_Group) > and is currenty facing a lot of criticism about the methodology of > their standardization? > The LSB is a specification, not an organization. The LSB isn't really perfect - it touches on a lot of areas that implements or extends POSIX standards, along with some userland stuff like placement of applications (the FHS), package management, etc.
Given that there's a lot of distributions around, politics would surely creep in. At the very least, you'd have to commend them for the effort of reaching a standard - not all will have the same level of compliance, nor all would accept it without question on technical merit. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
