LSB Submitted To ISO/IEEE

mcneil@freestandards says: "The LSB has been submitted to ISO/IEEE for an ISO imprimatur. While this is not really new news, it is important that every Linux user get involved to make sure their country votes YES for Linux ISO standardization! With Linux achieving international standards recognition it will be that much easier for governments and other risk adverse organizations to include Linux in their procurement policies. This of course will further the normalization of free and open source software, lessen the world's reliance on sucky legacy platforms, etc. etc."

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Linux Standard Base

[AndroidCat]

The LSB FAQ (for those whose first question was "What the heck is LSB?")

Re:LSB and rpm

[grumbel]

You could use a LSB conforming RPM on both SuSE and Redhat, yes, but you could NOT just pick a random SuSE package and use that on Redhat.

LSB packages work basically completly independend from what the distro provides. If a distro is LSB conforming it only means that it can install LSB-rpms (by using alien on Debian for example), it does not mean that the distro itself consist of LSB-rpms.

package manager not the same as package type.

[gimpboy]

You are confusing the packaging method with the management method. The LSB states that the standard package _type_ is rpm. APT is package type independent. It is most _famous_ because it is used in debian, however you can use apt to manage rpms also. I am not advocating either package type, I just wanted to clarify the confusion between a method of packaging programs and the management of said packages.

Re:What problem

[sanityspeech]

Before the my-format-is-better-than-your-format debate kicks into high gear, it should be said that the LSB intends to use the RPM format as a stop-gap measure

Of course, you know who is on record about how stop-gap measures "...have a way of staying around. Forever."