Hello, Today we are announcing the preview release of LSB desktop 3.1 specifications. This is a fairly complete version of LSB desktop specification for wider review. We are targeting the first release candidate for the same in the middle of next month. The complete specification is available at: http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/booksets/LSB-Desktop/LSB-Desktop.html This specification is based on the following libraries and versions. 1. GTK toolkit module: The module only specification for GTK is available at: http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/book/Toolkit_Gtk/Toolkit_Gtk.html It is based on the following libraries and versions. a. Glib version 2.6.6 b. ATK version 1.9.0 c. Pango version 1.8.2 d. GTK version 2.6.10 We will really appreciate feedback from GTK developers and users at least on this part of the spec. 2. XML module: The module only specification is available at http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/book/XML/XML.html a. libxml2 version 2.6.22 3. Graphics-Ext module: The module only specification is available at http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/book/Graphics-Ext/Graphics-Ext.html a. libpng12 library version 1.2.8 b. libjpeg library version 6b Please note that if a distro has an older version of library, it may not be able to pass LSB desktop certification. E.g. libxml2 2.6.20 does not have certain symbols that 2.6.22 provides. Please note some of the specification work currently in-progress (E.g. PNG and JPEG). Kindly review the specification and submit your feedback. The preferred method is LSB bugzilla at http://bugs.linuxbase.org/ What may be added before official release-candidate: 1. libQt: Currently Trolltech is working on creating the specification for this toolkit. As they complete the required technical work, decision will be made regarding including libQt in LSB desktop specification. This decision relies on timely completion of libQt specs work and licensing criteria resolution. 2. fontconfig and libfontconfig: Currently the technical work is ongoing and based on when it is finished, LSB desktop specification (specifically Graphics-Ext module) will be updated. Thanks, -Rajesh Banginwar LSB desktop lead. _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
