[lsb-discuss] LSB conference call agenda (Tuesday, January 30, 11am ET) (and LSB 3.1 Update 1 status update)

Randy Dunlap randy.dunlap at oracle.com
Tue Jan 30 07:37:36 PST 2007


Ian Murdock wrote:
> 
> To keep everything together, the policy is this:
> 
>   From time to time, the LSB workgroup may issue updates to the
>   LSB standard.
> 
>   From the point of view of certified distributions and applications,
>   the original version and the update shall be equivalent (i.e.,
>   distributions and applications will certify to LSB 3.1, not LSB 3.1
>   Update 1). In other words, recertification to an update is unnecessary.
> 
>   To achieve this, no change will be made in an update unless the
>   change results in all certified implementations remaining complaint
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ compliant

>   after it is made--or, put another way,
>   the original version is FORWARD COMPATIBLE with all of its updates.


-- 
~Randy




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