Re: Censoring :) (was: Re: anarchism_7.7-1.deb)
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 11:46:19AM +0200, Siggy Brentrup wrote:
> Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> writes:
> > it's irrelevant whether other debian developers or users agree with me
> > or disagree with me about the relative utility of these two packages.
> > by not censoring packages, by refusing to censor packages, we create
> > a distribution which is good and useful for everyone - not just those
> > whose needs are the same as the censors. some find the bible package
> > useful and i don't begrudge them that - if it makes debian more useful
> > to them then it is a good thing that it is included.
> >
> > we should not be censoring, we should not be saying "the bible is good
> > but the koran or bhagavid gita or even the anarchist faq is worthless".
> > or vice-versa.
>
> Is it really censoring to keep all non-technical packages out of main?
> I don't say don't package it nor don't make it available.
that's a different question entirely, and not one that i'm addressing.
my point is that if we accept one into main then we have no
justification for not accepting all. if we decide that non-technical
documents (i.e. anything which is not documentation or tutorial material
for a program - literature, mythology, philosophy, etc) do not belong in
main then that applies to all such packages.
if it's free and it's packaged then we accept it into the dist in the
location defined by policy - at the moment, that's debian main. we
probably should, as has been discussed before, have an etexts and a data
section for this kind of stuff.
> > if something is free and someone does the work to package it then we
> > accept it in the distribution.
>
> There should be one for the main distribution. Assume I want to go
> into the CD business providing support for packages in the main
> dist. No major problem with most of the packages, but I am not willing
> to support packages with philosophical, political or religious
> contents.
that's ludicrous. what support is needed for texts?
customer: i can't read foo-text.
tech support: have you tried opening your eyes sir?
craig
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craig sanders
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