From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pix-a-20.gov.calgary.ab.ca ([192.41.148.220] helo=intrepid.cofc.gov.calgary.ab.ca) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15HVcx-0005GY-00 for ; Tue, 03 Jul 2001 15:14:27 -0400 Received: from SSITS642340 (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by intrepid.cofc.gov.calgary.ab.ca (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA03482 for ; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:13:05 -0600 (MDT) From: "Stephen Dawes" To: "Speakup@Braille. Uwo. Ca" Subject: Free Standards Group releases first version of Linux programming standard.html Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 13:09:51 -0600 Message-ID: <000201c103f3$bcb4b420$2865fea9@SSITS642340> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0003_01C103C1.721BCAC0" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C103C1.721BCAC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here is an interesting article for the developers in the group. ------=_NextPart_000_0003_01C103C1.721BCAC0 Content-Type: text/html; name="Free Standards Group releases first version of Linux programming standard.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Free Standards Group releases first version of Linux programming standard.html" =0A= =0A= =0A= Free Standards Group releases first version of Linux = programming standard=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= = =20
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=0A= July 3, 2001 9:15 am PT

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LINUX APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT got a little = easier this week with the Free Standards Group's release of the Linux = Standard Base (LSB) 1.0 specification, which is designed to ensure that = applications work the same on all versions of Linux.

Linux application developers, particularly those who deliver more = specialized applications and services, have had difficulties making the = core of their products work with Red Hat's version of Linux -- = considered by many to be the standard -- and, for instance, the version = by TurboLinux.

This has prevented some promising applications from getting accepted or = even known by the wider user and development communities. But the LSB = specification is seen by some as an important first step toward offering = a set of guidelines for programmers to create applications that run = uniformly across the several top distributions of the operating system = and beyond.

"Hopefully the top few distributors can all agree to get along on this, = because it not only gives me more flexibility in mixing and matching = versions of Linux as I need to, but also the confidence that these guys = can pull together a unified programming front against Microsoft," said = Del Crandell, a programmer with a large Houston-based oil = company.

The LSB attempts to establish all of the key technical pieces of Linux. = It essentially defines a system interface for compiled applications as = well as the bare environment for supporting installation = scripts.

The LSB specification is comprised of two basic essential parts: a = common part that describes those parts of the interface that remain = constant across all hardware implementations and an = architecture-specific part that describes the parts that are specific to = a particular processor architecture.

Users and developers wanting more information on the specification can = go to www.freestandards.org or www.linuxbase.org.


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