On Tue, Dec 02, 1997 at 03:00:22PM +0200, Petri Wessman wrote: > On Mon, 01 Dec 1997 16:40:00 -0500, Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I think the recent comparison to "fortune" was valid. It asks whether > or not to install the "offensive" portion at install time. Why > couldn't the purity package (and any other similiar packages) do the > same? Or at least display a warning about "possibly offensive > content". That way everyone should be reasonably happy. I'd like to point out that the version of purity under question did have such a warning. >From the control file from purity_1-2.deb... NOTE: This package contains some material which may be inappropriate for minors, and/or may offend some people. A similar warning was also contained in the README.debian file as well as a strong recommendation that people considering installing purity on a multi-user system to which children might have access check that they were not in violation of local laws. This to me constitutes a fair and reasonable warning that the package contains offensive material. If, at this stage, you still downloaded purity and installed it, I would suggest that an appropriate response to "oh my god this is naughty" is, "well, you _were_ warned." Now, not being on debian-private (yet) I'm not able to guage the opinions of the other developers on this one it appears a fair bt of discussion took place there too. But the feeling that I got from Bruce was either drop the offensive stuff or have the package dropped. I don't agree with this, I don't think its fair, in fact, I believe the idea of supporting net censorship will result (eventually) in the net being Reduced to the point where _everything_ must be vetted and deemed suitable (by some so called higher authority) to be suitable for the public at large. On the other hand, Bruce *is* the project leader, so. *shrug*. I guess he gets the final say. *grin*. Anyway, the latest purity package contains pointers to the rest of the tests, and I think, at least for now, thats about the best we're going to get. To the developers who are upset by this, I hope someone who has been wth the project just a tad longer than me takes it upon themselves to put it to a policy vote. I'd like to see a clear policy on just what is and isn't acceptable for debian rather than "I think we can safely draw the line at..." I think, personally, I'll be sticking in the future to packaging things a little less contraversial. Just my 2k worth. Aaron > > //Petri > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >
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