Comment 8 for bug 31218

I know this is an old bug -- but its also still open.

Wouldn't this kind of thing fall under LSB compliance? Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 are tested as LSB 4.0 compliant. Ubuntu 6.06 is LSB 3.1 compliant. (See https://www.linuxfoundation.org/lsb-cert/productdir.php?by_lsb) I don't see Baltix listed.

Its my understanding, that distribution compliance indicates that we have the libraries available for any LSB-compliant application to "just work" with the system. Now, for a specific computer to see such functionality, they may need to install the LSB meta-packages, so it would be a good thing to have the [u|ku|xu|edu]buntu-desktop meta-packages at least suggest (if not recommend / require) the main lsb meta-packages. If the user chooses not to install such functionality, that's their option.

If an application found on the web is not keeping lsb-compliant libraries, then it would be the responsibility of the community and community individuals to encourage the application to become lsb-compliant so that the software just works in Linux -- almost any Linux box. Note that each generation of lsb ensures backwards compatability (for a reasonable time period) with previous generations. That allows lsb-compliant applications time to evolve to newer libraries, as technologies continue to advance.

As for Baltix, if they have not already, I would encourage them to seek lsb certification so that they also have the necessary functionality to support lsb-compliant applications. Then bugs like this should be able to be closed.