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LSB Submitted To ISO/IEEE

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-forward dept.

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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  1. Only if distros follow.. by ThisNukes4u · · Score: 4, Insightful

    While I agree that standardization is a good thing, it will only have an effect if distros follow. Right now, one of the most LSB compliant "distros" is Linux From Scratch, which is not exactly a mainstream distro. I know that others have been making strides towards compliance recently, but unless all distros follow it close enough so that one person can work effectivly on different distros without having to relearn its directory layout, it won't affect adoption as it is just another unfollowed standard (HTML, CSS 3 in IE anyone?).

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  2. Re:LSB and rpm by CAIMLAS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The point is this:

    If I'm versed in the admin of one LSB-compliant distro, it's trivial to migrate to another (in most respects) as the location of config files and the like is identical.

    That's trival, however, compared to the power of influence it will have upon both developers and people looking to adopt linux for deployment. If a distro is LSB-compliant, then developers will be able to write simply for all LSB-compliant distros.

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  3. LSB will be valuable when... by Glasswire · · Score: 4, Insightful

    1) All distros clearly say that their disro ver X is LSB ver Y compliant and stand behind that.
    2) LSB mandates a sufficiently detailed configuration and fileset that a developer can build an app under any LSB ver Y.Z and expect it to install and run (with no missing libaries, re-configuration, config file editing etc) on any other LSB Y.Z compliant disro installation.
    3) Oracle ver nn runs under LSB ver Y.Z NOT ONLY RH AS3.x and Suse EL 9.x (or whatever).
    4) There's an automated validation that can determine if an initial distro install is (or is still) valid LSB ver Y.Z configuration.