From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/3640 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Rich Felker Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: Fwd: OIN Notice - Definition Update [license@openinventionnetwork.com] Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:32:15 -0400 Message-ID: <20130712163214.GC29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> References: <1373607079.27613.50@driftwood> <1373607147.27613.51@driftwood> <20130712143457.GA87701@intma.in> <20130712155339.GB29800@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1373646749 23462 80.91.229.3 (12 Jul 2013 16:32:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:32:29 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-3644-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Fri Jul 12 18:32:31 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UxgGh-0005X8-Su for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:32:27 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 5298 invoked by uid 550); 12 Jul 2013 16:32:27 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 5290 invoked from network); 12 Jul 2013 16:32:27 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:3640 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 05:18:46PM +0100, Justin Cormack wrote: > On 12 Jul 2013 16:53, "Rich Felker" wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 10:34:57AM -0400, Kurt H Maier wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 12:32:27AM -0500, Rob Landley wrote: > > > > If you were looking for a list of packages to test musl against before > > > > 1.0, the Open Invention Network seems to have come up with a list of > > > > 593 packages they define as "The Linux System". > > > > > > This list looks like something a crazy person put together. It's > > > basically everything available in OpenSUSE plus the android SDK. There > > > is garbage in here like mono and mod_ruby. > > > > Indeed, this sounds like nothing but "Pointy Hair Linux" conformance, > > which I think we can do without. Trying to meet these requirements is > > akin to ISO C adding Annex K and other junk to make Microsoft happy. > > They knew there was no hope of Microsoft actually adopting the C > > standard, so why even bother trying to make them happy? Similarly, > > "Pointy Hair Linux" is not adopting musl anytime soon, so worrying > > about conforming to their silly requirements seems like a waste of > > time and energy... > > > > Rich > > Its not a standard, its a list of things that are broadly "Linux" in terms > of the point of the group which is an anti patent pool... OK, I think we may have all misunderstood the point of this list. Rich