RE: distro name

["Wichmann, Mats D" <mats d wichmann intel com>]

>	A search of the lsb core document, v1.3 and the v2.0 candidate,
>do not mention such a file. Rodrigo, were you referring to an existing
>standard, or just proposing one?

>> You mean, like /etc/lsb-release ?

The standard actually calls out the lsb_release command, 
and does not require the /etc/lsb-release file to be
part of the implementation of that command.  Our example
implementation of an lsb_release does so, however, and
it looks like most distros are based off the example.