Les Mikesell wrote:
Robin Laing wrote:
Alan wrote:
Now I have not followed the Linux Standards information lately but
is this change moving more towards a standard across all versions of
Linux?
Linux Standard Base uses the File Heirarchy Standard for file locations,
which in turn follows Unix tradition on the whole. X now follows the FHS
and LSB general recommendations.
At least one LSB version is ISO.
So the moves in general are towards the standard so this will make
applications that follow the standard work easier with Fedora. Also
it will make it less likely that these changes will just "occur" due
to some programmers wish.
I think it will make it easier for users down the road and Linux in
general.
"Linux in general" would be better off if programs didn't have to know
about a
special layout just for Linux.. Remember, most of the apps we user
aren't written
specifically for Linux and calling your layout LSB sounds about as
likely as
calling your character set ASCII in terms of getting any kind of universal
agreement. Why not try to make things the same across the *bsd's, Solaris,
OSX, etc. too, if you are going to have to deal with the problems of
changes
anyway?
LSB as many folks have pointed out before is not tied to Linux kernel
despite the name. It is all open standards and nothing prevents other
Unix and Unix like systems from being compatible with it.
Rahul
