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

[Ron Tidd <rtidd@tscnet.com>]

> The LSB is about documenting a set of features that third-party vendors
> can and should depend on being present in all Linux distributions.  It
> should NOT be a means of imposing arbitrary requirements on Linux
> distributions when these requirements are of no real value to software
> vendors.

This makes sense to me.  

Look at the big picture as it applies to the goals to the LSB.  Does the
specification of standard users fall within the scope of the LSB?  

Yes?  

Given that, ask the question "Are the users daemon or bin required for
the "standard" base install?"  

Not requiring the users bin or daemon (or their associated uid's) in the
spec will not disallow their use if I am reading the documentation
correctly.  

However, should they be mandated for all LSB compliant distributions? 
Even if you can't come up with a firm example that indicates their
inclusion in the standard is more important than requiring an isolated
program (or two) to be modified to comply with the LSB?

--Ron--