Jeroen Roovers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted [EMAIL PROTECTED], excerpted below, on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:24:18 +0200:
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:11:26 -0400 > Josh Sled <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> If that's the case, might not "humanities" be a better name? >> >> E.g., I don't know what genealogy has to do with theology, but I do see >> that both relate to the human condition. > > It's a very good question, it was posed at the time, it was never > answered and at last we can now say it was almost completely ignored. I (and I expect others who know) didn't answer this before, as it would have been too easy to start an OT subthread I didn't want to start, but I trust everyone minding the CoC will prevent that from occurring now. Briefly (and intended to be neutrally), the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons (maybe other groups as well??), have a religious interest in genealogy, so having it in the religion/theology herd would make sense to them. That should answer the question, and give a place to start for those interested in looking it up. However, I agree the sciences or a general humanities herd will make more sense to most folks. I don't feel strongly enough about it to be worth arguing a maintainer's choice of herd for their packages, however. After all, they're the ones taking responsibility for it in the tree, regardless of the herd it's in, and if it's more convenient for them in a theology herd, why should it be a problem for those not interested in the package? It might raise a few eyebrows here or there, but if it's being well maintained, there are more critical things to argue about. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
