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Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]

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On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 11:00:15PM +0300, Reco wrote:
>LSB was more than that. It was a set of standards declaring what you can
>find in your typical GNU/Linux system.
>LSB was always somewhat controversial when one tried to apply it to any
>non-rpm distribution (LSB mandated rpm as package manager), personal
>tastes (LSB mandated both Qt and GTK+ installed) or a common sense
>(not every server needs CUPS contrary to what they think).
>What's true - one does not need LSB if one writes free software. LSB was
>designed for all those proprietary software vendors in mind.

It also never worked, so it was never used, which meant it was really 
hard to convince people to spend effort to be compatible with something 
that had no real benefit.

Mike Stone

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  Re: Debian got too fat? Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 13:50 +0200
    Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-15 21:40 +0200
      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-15 22:10 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-07-17 04:00 +0200
      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-15 23:00 +0200
      Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] John Crawley <john@bunsenlabs.org> - 2018-07-16 04:00 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2018-07-16 12:20 +0200
          Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 14:20 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-07-16 16:00 +0200
        Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 14:10 +0200
          Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2018-07-16 14:50 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 15:10 +0200
            Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Reco <recoverym4n@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 15:20 +0200
              Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-07-16 19:30 +0200
                Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-16 20:10 +0200
                Re: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?] Zenaan Harkness <zenaan@freedbms.net> - 2018-07-17 02:20 +0200
                Differences between installs (was: Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2018-07-18 03:40 +0200
                Re: Differences between installs (was: Naive newbie question [Re:  Debian got too fat?]) Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-07-18 10:30 +0200
        Re: A Different Naive Question [Re: Naive newbie question] Octopus Octopus <oct2pus@jade.moe> - 2018-07-17 03:20 +0200
          Re: A Different Naive Question [Re: Naive newbie question] Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-07-17 04:00 +0200
            Re: A Different Naive Question [Re: Naive newbie question] Austin LaBerta <oct2pus@jade.moe> - 2018-07-17 13:00 +0200
              Re: A Different Naive Question [Re: Naive newbie question] Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-07-17 14:10 +0200
    Re: Debian got too fat? Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.de> - 2018-07-16 08:50 +0200
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    Re: Debian got too fat? Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2018-07-16 22:00 +0200
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