Re: Stock Letter to send to software vendors.

You are correct. We need to spell it out and make it easy to
understand.  Too often people are intimidated by trying to comprehend
what it takes to comply to a standard.

Chris Yeoh has presented at Linux Kongress, and I have presented at
LinuxWorld regarding application certification.  We need to concentrate
on doing some of the things outlined in your previous note.

http://www.linux-kongress.org/2002/papers/lk2002-yeoh.html

http://www.linuxbase.org/talks/pdf/LSBcertapplication.pdf

http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lsb.html

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=4121

Thanks,

George (gk4)

On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 10:50, Jim Knoble wrote:
> Circa 2003-01-12 16:46:37 -0800 dixit Jack Cummings:
> 
> : 
> : Hello, 
> : 
> : I'm looking to sent a letter to our software vendors, asking them to
> : snap to supporting a version of the LSB, as opposed to a version of
> : a particular Linux distrobution. 
> : 
> : Any recomendations? Any samples? 
> 
> Vendors need specific information about how to build software that
> conforms to the LSB.  The spec itself is not enough; a clear, precise,
> HOWTO-type document is needed.  If additional software is
> necessary---an LSB build environment, for example---then it should be
> easily available in one spot, with clear instructions on how to install
> and use it.
> 
> Additionally, a concise explanation of what kinds of software could or
> could not be made to conform to the LSB is needed: ISVs who make
> drivers, KDE or GNOME programs, or software that uses Python or Java
> may not be able to make their software conform to the LSB without
> a large amount of additional effort (e.g., supplying LSB-compatible KDE
> or GNOME libraries or a complete Python interpreter along with the
> product).
> 
> It's my opinion that you'll get more mileage out of helping vendors to
> become LSB-conformant rather than merely asking them to....
> 
> Cheers.
> 
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