Re: Bug#134658: ITP: lsb -- Linux Standard Base 1.1 core support package

[George Kraft IV <gk4@austin.ibm.com>]

> Is this particular issue (UID of "bin" and "daemon") now understood enough to
> make these changes? Can we stop testing for it and not require it for
> certification? This is holding up Debian compliance and certification.

We have concluded that "daemon" is not required on Debian if atd's use of
"daemon" gets fixed; however, what about the other distributions?

Also, changing bin=1 not to be required is a *strong* recommendation.  It would
be nice if someone could do a getpwnam and getuid search to look for code that
requires bin=1.  However, I would like to avoid changing the spec in absence of
a rationale unless someone provides a proof by induction.

We can change the spec where it makes sense, but for the right reason, not just
the sweaky wheel.  :-)

We will submit these as bugs, then review them with a more structured process.

George (gk4)