[Portland] Consistent messaging

[John Cherry]

> 
> > The Portland Project is working in concert with the Linux Standards Base
> > (LSB) to document and standardize the application programming
> > interfaces.
> 
> Is this an official goal of the Portland "task force" or an extrapolation of 
> the work we are currently doing?

Yes, it is a goal for the portland programming interfaces to become part
of the desktop LSB.  This does not mean that the LSB will be defining
interfaces FOR the portland developers, but that at the end of the day,
the LSB will be testing for interface compliance.  Rajesh has been
involved with the Portland developers and there has even been some
discussion about which interfaces SHOULD be specified in the LSB.

> 
> > Is the Portland Project real? When will application vendors get to start
> > using these interfaces? The infrastructure will emerge first
> > (implementation of the components in the model above). The development
> > team is experimenting with prototypes now. Some courageous application
> > vendors are testing these prototypes.
> 
> If possible I'd like to ask for something like a request for comment, i.e. the 
> developers working on this APIs and tools are free desktop developers, we 
> know what we have available, but we do not necessarily know what ISVs need.

Good addition.  I'll add that at this stage of the project it is
critical for the developers to receive comments from the applications
developers.

Thanks for the comments.

John