Re: Bug#138541: ITP: debian-sanitize (was Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material)
>>>>> "MS" == Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
MS> And these conflict lines are being added not for a
MS> technical reason, but on basis of some subjective judgment?
Right, exactly. Putting some kind of pseudo-objectivity, like having
votes, into the mix is just a load of hooey.
MS> Can other developers also introduce conflict lines
MS> based on their own credos too? (hell, the maintainers who
MS> control base packages can pretty much throw anything out of
MS> the distribution then).
Sure, of course. They can do that now.
Evan> If somebody doesn't like your judgement, they can always
Evan> uninstall debian-sanitize. Badda bing, badda boom.
MS> I'll go even better. I'll start instituting my moral
MS> judgment about which packages are fit to be on the users
MS> machines. debian-sanitize would probably be the first one to
MS> conflict with.
That's why this kind of package is not such a good idea. I think if
it'd work, it'd have to be a representation of one maintainer's
opinion. But I don't think it'd work.
~ESP
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Evan Prodromou
evan@debian.org
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