Hi,
--------- The Linux Standard Base version 3.2 has been released. Release notes are available here:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/ReleaseNotes32
The specification itself is available here:
http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/
The test suites and SDK can be downloaded from our FTP site. More information is available at:
https://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Downloads
This release of the LSB has many fixes and features, including:
* New "trial use" modules, replacing the former "optional" modules.
* Initial support for printing.
* Initial support (as trial use) for ALSA.
* Support for Perl and Python as first-class languages for Linux apps.
* Several freedesktop.org standards, including menus and icon themes.
* Support for the Portland project's xdg-utils as trial use.
* Promotion of Qt 4 to a required part of the standard, and deprecation of Qt 3.
* FreeType support, through both FreeType and the Xft X extension.
* XRender support.
More details are available in the release notes.
In addition, a new certification process has been introduced in time for LSB 3.2. ------
Section 16 [1] should be of interest :)
[1]http://refspecs.linux-foundation.org/LSB_3.2.0/LSB-Desktop-generic/LSB-Deskt...
Cheers!
Pradeepto