[lsb-discuss] LSB Distribution Status for 3.2 and 4.0

Brian Proffitt bproffitt at linuxfoundation.org
Wed Aug 20 07:03:17 PDT 2008


Thanks for the correction. I'll make a note.

BKP

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:49 AM, Wichmann, Mats D <mats.d.wichmann at intel.com
> wrote:

>  to repeat, the originally referenced page is NOT a page of certified
> distributions.   It's a non-authoritative discussion of the status of
> various distributions that might be interesting to various people, including
> a number that will never certify.
>
> I wouldn't use the Navigator for authoritative information, as it's only
> updated "periodically".  For certified distributions, go directly to the
> certification system.
>
>
>
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* brian at proffitt.org [mailto:brian at proffitt.org] *On Behalf Of *Brian
> Proffitt
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 20, 2008 7:41 AM
> *To:* Wichmann, Mats D
> *Cc:* Darren Davis; Gaurav Jain; lsb-discuss at lists.linux-foundation.org
> *Subject:* Re: [lsb-discuss] LSB Distribution Status for 3.2 and 4.0
>
>  I am in the process of updating a new version of this page on the LDN
> site (http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/certified/distributions). My
> version, however, is based on the page mentioned below. I found a table (
> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/navigator/browse/distr.php) on the Database
> Navigator site, which I believe is more up to date. However, it does not
> show LSB version information. Can someone fill in the blanks, especially on
> the newer distribution versions?
>
> I can then maintain this chart over on LDN.
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Wichmann, Mats D <
> mats.d.wichmann at intel.com> wrote:
>
>> Darren Davis wrote:
>> > Gaurav Jain wrote:
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> I'm interested in knowing the distribution list for LSB 3.2 and 4.0
>> >> compliant distributions.
>> >>
>> >> The link at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/LSB_Distribution_Status
>> >> only has 3.0 and 3.1 information.  Could somebody please provide the
>> >> information for 3.2 and 4.0?
>> >>
>> >
>> > I believe that list is accurate.  I am not certain if any distribution
>> > has certified to 3.2 but I leave that to an LF representative to
>> > verify.  LSB 4.0 is not a ratified specification yet, so no
>> > distribution has tested.  You won't see LSB 4.0 distributions until
>> > next year.
>>
>> I replied privately, but to summarize:
>>
>> that page is someone's effort to informally comment on the
>> status of various distributions beyond just a list of
>> what's certified (and does include a link to the certification
>> page).  As such, it's now substantially out of date, missing
>> the last three releases of the community distributions Fedora,
>> Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, and three or four of Mandriva. So it's probably
>> approaching two years old.
>>
>> The page should probably be removed unless someone wants to
>> undertake maintaining it.
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