Re: RM: lsbappchk -- RoM; superseded by lsb-appchk2 and lsb-appchk3 and obsolete

[Matt Taggart <matt@lackof.org>]

"Ian Murdock" writes...

> > > (whereas LSB 3 and higher will be backward compatible),
> >
> > I don't understand what this means. Are you saying newer LSB applications w
> ill
> > be able to run on older LSB runtimes? If so how would that work?
> 
> http://www.freestandards.org/en/LSB_Roadmap
> 
> http://www.freestandards.org/en/Application_Compatibility

Ah I see the confusion, you are talking about "forwards compatibility" (not 
backwards, that would be the case I described). That has always been a goal of 
the LSB, that's not new with 3.0. I think previous versions of the LSB have 
met that goal too, unless I'm mistaken (Mats can you confirm?).

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Matt Taggart
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