Naive newbie question [Re: Debian got too fat?]

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 07/15/2018 06:44 AM, Reco wrote:
> 	Hi.
>
> On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 12:16:20PM +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > would you mind to take a look at
> >
> > 	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=888743
> >
> > The fix is pretty easy.
>
> But does not address all the cornercases, IMO.
> Consider, for instance, an LXC container which shares root filesystem
> with the host.
>
>
> > Whats really bugging me is that nobody
> > dares to touch the complex code of lsb-base. IMHO this is a clear
> > indication that Debian lost the blessed path other Unixes do follow.
>
> Agreed. Debian drifted away from LSB several years ago, so the lack of
> maintainers' interest is sad, but is to be expected.
>
>
> > What is your suggestion here? Apply the patch I provided (or maybe a
> > better one), or get rid of lsb-base completely?
>
> Aim to ditch lsb-base in the long run.
> For here and now I'd used something like 'pgrep -x --ns 1
> $DAEMON_EXECUTABLE' instead of pidof.

I didn't know what "lsb-base" was when I read original post.
Not sure I know now ;/
Did web search. Found it's an acronym for "Linux Standard Base".
Searched.
Found its purpose was to provide outside programmers a "sane" &/or 
"consistent" target.

Is it of any use to Debian _users_ who *ONLY* use official Debian 
repositories?

I know that is a "loaded" question".
Answers should be "food for thought."

IOW Can I a Debian user opt to not install "LSB" without ill effects?