[lsb-discuss] LSB adoption acceleration proposal

[Robert Schweikert]

On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 14:43 +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
>         
>         These projects don't distribute binary packages. That's why I
>         think they
>         aren't interested. 
>         --
>         Fred - May the source be with you
> 
> Don't put a wagon ahead of horse.
> 
> They are not building binary packages, because all Linuxes are
> different, and building for one distro, doesn't means it will work on
> another one. 
> 
> A Lot of project have Windows binaries. Why?

I think the answer to this question has nothing to do with
compatibility. Projects build windoze binaries because most windoze
users do not have a compiler.

> Because there are few Windows versions that are compatible with each
> other.
> 
> The same projects who build Windows binaries will start building Linux
> binaries for LSB, if we push harder... 
> 
> Also, distro vendors might be interested in building for LSB, because
> it will save time & money in the future. There is really no point to
> build package twice - one for RedHat another for SUSE, because by
> building for LSB it will work on both. 
> 
> 
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