The Linux Standard Base gets some applications [LWN.net]

The Linux Standard Base gets some applications

Posted Aug 31, 2006 6:25 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413)
In reply to: The Linux Standard Base gets some applications by JoeBuck
Parent article: The Linux Standard Base gets some applications

What LSB does is clearly delineates the lines of responsibility. On
which side of the LSB spec line does the misbehavior exist, and so
therefore who is responsible.

It is probably reasonable to buy a very expensive LSB-certified
application if you have some sort of very expensive support contract with
FooLinux that promises to resolve any issues with their
LSB-implementation. If you don't have a contract like this, then it is
not so reasonable.

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The Linux Standard Base gets some applications

Posted Aug 31, 2006 11:16 UTC (Thu) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183) [Link]

Who's responsible is not the issue. The point is you cannot certify that an application works on any LSB system, because no such beast exists.

What I think needs to happen is they need to release a Live CD which supports the LSB and *nothing* else. Then people can install this and run their applications and be confident that it's "LSB compatable".

That's a fair bit of work though...

Take a look at the LSB Sample Implementation

Posted Aug 31, 2006 13:18 UTC (Thu) by kingdon (subscriber, #4526) [Link]

Well, there is http://www.freestandards.org/impl/

The idea of packaging it as a Live CD is a good one, and might be a smaller project than starting from scratch.

Take a look at the LSB Sample Implementation

Posted Aug 31, 2006 21:34 UTC (Thu) by jasonspiro (guest, #38047) [Link]

It sounds like there already is an LSB live CD:

"The LSB-si can be run in one of three different modes: the chroot LSB-si, the UML LSB-si, and the bootable Knoppix LSB-si. Software for each mode can be downloaded from the LSB Download Web site."

--The middle of the Free book Building Applications with the Linux Standard Base