Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > A serious suggestion: it is not necessary for Debian to package fortune files at all.
I absolutely disagree with that. The fortune package is completely nonfunctional without any fortune files. True, I could download fortune files from anywhere on the internet, and even make my own. But that isn't what I've learned to expect from Debian. When I install a Debian package, I expect it to function out of the box, at least for a reasonable core subset of its full functionality. I don't expect to have to search the web for additional files in order to make it work *at all*. That would be like packaging into Debian a game engine without providing any game data. For example, a driving game without any race tracks, or without any cars. Would you ever do that? Gerardo
