Desktop Entry Spec 1.0

Glynn Foster Glynn.Foster at Sun.COM
Tue Aug 8 07:44:34 EEST 2006


Banginwar, Rajesh wrote:
> Adding back lsb mailing list...
> 
>> What is your intention of the spec after it reaches 1.0? How is it
> going to
>> be
>> blessed anymore than any of the other specs on freedesktop.org? Is
> there an
>> intention to bring these to the FSG? or come up with some semi-formal
>> process
>> for requesting compatible changes to the spec? or putting them in a
> glass
>> case
>> somewhere and throwing away the key for a couple of months?
>>
> 
> Yes, the current plan is to formalize/standardize these specs as a part
> of LSB 3.2 release (early next year). We are currently
> developing/expanding conformance tests for these specs.

With respect, I'm not sure LSB means anything to me as a developer working on
Solaris or some variation of BSD, for example, though I appreciate the good work
you guys are doing.


Glynn



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