[lsb-discuss] Resend: LSB library feature requests

Wichmann, Mats D mats.d.wichmann at intel.com
Sun Aug 26 06:42:57 PDT 2007


This didn't really get any response, I'm trying a second
time to see if we can get some discussion going:

Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> As a followon to today's call, I guess I should lay out some
> pending requests here, so we can get some discussion restarted.
> These are for libraries, not for individual interfaces.
> 
> Possible outcomes could be (in informal terms)
> 
> 1. hustle like mad to get into 3.2
> 1a. get into 3.2 as optional (feature mature, but not in
> enough distros that would be 3.x conforming)
> 2. needs more discussion / not ready, target 4.0
> 3. significant issues, target later than 4.0
> 4. forget it
> 
> 
> These all seem to be frequent requests; I've added
> a one-sentence commentary to some.
> 
> * libdbus
> * cairo, perhaps pangocairo
> * libnsl, libresolv
>   - with few exceptions, apps don't seem to need these
>     except some direct yp/nis access; there's no current
>     intent to add nis support to LSB
> * libasound
>   - Multimedia workgroup was supposed to make a proposal,
>     we should probably wait for this
> * Qt4 -> mandatory
>   - we seem to be waiting for improved test maturity,
>     and ????
> * Printing support libraries
>   Two categories: a printing convenience API (subset
>   of libcups), and a set of libraries that would be
>   used for portable printer drivers (see LSB Printing
>   wiki page for more details here).
>   - Scheduled to add for 3.2, but there have been no code
>     submissions yet
> * libGLU
>   - the improved import tools which will let us reasonably
>     add a C++ library are not ready yet, this should
>     probably be pushed to "consider for 4.0"
> * crypto/ssl (OpenSSL or other)
>   - we're waiting for something, preferably a 1.0 release
>     which would signal upstream thinks things are stable
>     enough to "standardize"
> 
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