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The rationale seems to be: "you're going to run into a lot of other software that'll also fail". He mentions xinetd as an example.

• viraptor 9y ago
  No, xinetd is mentioned as an example of software which accepts digit-prefixed username without issues. (Both by the reporter and by Pottering)
• lysium 9y ago
  Hm, that seems like a strange rationale. "The other fail so we should, too?" That's not the guide I use for my software.