> 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--
