Will LSB 4 Standardize Linux?
Not all Linux distributions are made with the same components, which can make it difficult for software developers to write applications for multiple Linux distributions. That's where the Linux Standards Base (LSB) comes into play.
For years the LSB has not quite lived up to its full potential. That could all change with the upcoming LSB 4.0 release.
LSB 4.0, set for release by the end of this year, could be the catalyst that enables independent software vendors, or ISVs TERM (define), to develop applications that will run on any LSB-compliant Linux distribution. If it gets adopted, LSB 4 could bring a new wave of multidistribution Linux application development.
"One of the reasons why I don't talk about the LSB as much anymore is I don't want to exceed expectations for what it can deliver," Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, told InternetNews.com.
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Linux Standards Base 4: Herding Cats?
Is any attempt to standardize Linux akin to herding cats, especially given the proliferation of distributions and packages? Jim Zemlin doesn't think so, and has been trying to do something about it via the Linux Standards Base.
I talked with Jim Zemlin about the LSB back at the Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) Summit, and according to his description of it, the incarnation they had at the time was mainly intended to insure that server applications had a stable platform to build on. Desktop apps weren't part of the picture, but after reading a piece in InternetNews about the LSB, I realize that was just a question of scope for that iteration of the LSB.
The newest version of the LSB, set to be finalized by November of this year or so, is about stabilizing the APIs that are used in the major distributions (Red Hat, SUSE, Ubuntu), and so on.
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