[lsb-discuss] plugins

[Doug Beattie]

Mats:

I've filed a bug #74 on this.

Please review to see if it looks appropriate and add comments as needed.

Doug

On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 12:05:15PM -0800, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> 
> > > applications above becomes an LSB certified App, I can 
> > > begin to rely on the behavior of the app remaining consistent
> > > across all Linux distributions. So if I make a plugin for it, 
> > > the plugin goes in /opt/whetever.../plugins. All the time. 
> > > End of story. The plugin writer is not concerned directly with the
> LSB.
> > 
> > Just to make a point here about the FHS and addons/plugins to 
> > a product described above.
> > 
> > The /opt/whatever..../ directory would most likely be a
> > /opt/<provider>/package hiearchy and as such if the provider has
> > registered their /opt/provider path with LANANA, the ../plugins
> > directory may pose a problem as only the provider should be able
> > to add items into this directory path. Plugins by others would
> > not normally be allowed to go here. If you, as someone other than
> > the "provider" wanted to place something there it would not be
> > LSB conformant.
> > 
> > So to the statement of "The plugin writer is not concerned 
> > directly with the LSB." the plugin developer should be concerned
> > as they would be violating the specification.
> 
> Doug, can I ask you to file a report on this in our bugtracker?
> I think we just turned over a rock we didn't look under before,
> and need to remind ourselves to think about wording for this.
> 
> 
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