From imurdock at imurdock.com Thu Oct 12 12:39:17 2006 From: imurdock at imurdock.com (Ian Murdock) Date: Thu Jul 12 13:07:54 2007 Subject: [lsb-sc] Fwd: it's official: LSB face to face and Packaging Summit, Berlin, Dec. 4-6, 2006 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI, in case you don't follow the lsb-discuss list. I'd encourage all of you to attend if at all possible or, alternatively, to see if someone in the general vicinity of Berlin can attend on your company's behalf. Thanks, -ian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ian Murdock Date: Oct 12, 2006 12:14 PM Subject: it's official: LSB face to face and Packaging Summit, Berlin, Dec. 4-6, 2006 To: lsb-discuss The date of the next LSB face-to-face and the first FSG Packaging Summit is now set: December 4-6, 2006. SAP will be providing facilities for the meeting at the SAP office in Berlin, Germany. This will be a three day meeting. The first two days (Monday, December 4 and Tuesday, December 5) will be the LSB face-to-face meeting. The primary agenda will be to finalize the LSB 3.2 roadmap and timeline. Wednesday, December 5 will be the first FSG Packaging Summit. The goal of the Summit is to bring together the key people in the Linux packaging world and ISVs to discuss the future of Linux packaging. Topics will include RPM, the role of other packaging technologies (dpkg, APT, yum, etc.), and the needs of ISVs in packaging solutions: ISVs want to use their own installation methods (e.g., an installation script or a cross-platform installation framework like InstallAnywhere) rather than using the distros' native package systems. The reasons are varied, but typically have to do with controlling the user experience and providing better cross-platform support, since Linux is almost always just one platform that's supported among others. Current methods simply dump files in the file system and integrate poorly with the underlying package systems. The solution proposed at the LSB face to face in June is to construct an API to the package systems (dpkg, RPM, APT?, yum?) so that higher level installer frameworks can register with them. That way, third parties can completely control the installation experience, yet the end result is properly integrated with the distros' software management tools. More discussion is needed here, making it squarely a 4.0 issue. I've started a wiki page for the LSB face-to-face and Packaging Summit here, though there's not much there yet: http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB_face-to-face_%28December_2006%29 More details will be posted both here and to the wiki page as we have them. -ian -- Ian Murdock 317-863-2590 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige -- Ian Murdock 317-863-2590 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige From imurdock at imurdock.com Tue Oct 24 19:11:44 2006 From: imurdock at imurdock.com (Ian Murdock) Date: Thu Jul 12 13:07:54 2007 Subject: [lsb-sc] LSB Steering Committee conference call (Wednesday, October 25, 8am PDT/11am EDT/5pm CEST) Message-ID: The next LSB Steering Committee conference call is tomorrow at 8am PDT/11am EDT/5pm CEST. The call in details are: 800-409-5512 (U.S.) 503-767-1200 (international) PIN: 33043 Agenda: * Brief review of recent progress (waiver reduction, application testkit improvements, LSB Developer Network) * Goals and objectives for the face to face and Packaging Summit * Improving the LSB test suites and infrastructure. Last month, we began an ambitious project with the Russian Academy of Sciences to dramatically improve the LSB testsuites. I will provide a brief overview of the project and its current status. * LSB modules, FSG workgroups, and governance: Updating the LSB charter etc. Talk to you tomorrow! -ian -- Ian Murdock 317-863-2590 http://ianmurdock.com/ "Don't look back--something might be gaining on you." --Satchel Paige