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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 16:31:13 -0700
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@clusterfs.com>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: RFC: A POSIX Linux project?
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On Nov 04, 2002  18:14 -0500, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> I wonder if any vendors, or independent groups, would be interested in 
> maintaining a POSIX compliancy patchkit for the Linux kernel?
> 
> IMO such a "POSIX Linux" project would be useful for several reasons. 
>  Overall, I think there is pressure from several directions to get all 
> sorts of POSIX APIs into the kernel.  On occasion, kernel hackers are 
> confronted with a situation where complete POSIX compliancy may mean a 
> compromise in some area, be it performance, security, API issues, code 
> cleanliness issues, etc.  Or simply that the POSIX-related code just 
> isn't ready to be merged into the mainline kernel yet.
> 
> The vendors also benefit by this, because the barrier to entry in 
> POSIX-related cases would be lowered, which would in turn satisfy the 
> demands of customers.  Which would in turn give the mainline kernel all 
> the software engineering benefits that come from a more reasoned and 
> gradual review and merge of new features.
> 
> Does something like this already exist?  This would need to be an open, 
> vendor-neutral project...

What about the existing POSIX test suite from X/Open?  I don't know what
the current license is, but it is certainly freely downloadable from
their website.  However, it is a pain in the a** to set up and run, so
a new version would definitely be welcome.

I would give you a URL, but I don't have access to my mail archives now.

Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger  \ "If a man ate a pound of pasta and a pound of antipasto,
                 \  would they cancel out, leaving him still hungry?"
http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/               -- Dogbert
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