Re: [johannes@caldera.de: Comments on Chapter 17 (cron) of the LSB Spec]
On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Greg Wright wrote:
> On 7/12/00 at 11:36 Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
>
> >Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 07:46:49 -0500
> > From: Wade Hampton <whampton@staffnet.com>
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. Would this have any impact on embedded systems?
> >
> >None; embedded systems aren't expected to be LSB complaint. (Remember,
> >the initial scope of the LSB is to make sure that ISV's like Intuit can
> >ship a single version of TurboTax that will work on any distribution.)
>
> Embedded is a pretty wide ranged area, we have had Linux on a floppy that
> could easily be called "Embed able", so why should it not follow LSB where
> possible ?
While you may not expect an embedded system to be LSB compliant there is
nothing in your way to follow as much of the LSB as is usable.
Hugo.
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