On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:57:21PM +0200, Hugo Wau wrote: > Am Mit, 2004-05-05 um 11.37 schrieb Josip Rodin: > > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 08:07:55AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > > > Free software extremists I can live with. But this is too much. > > > I will resign from this project in two weeks time. > > [earlier quote:] > > > If this is your attitude, then I shall resign this project. I do not > > > wish to be associated with people who're actively working towards the > > > independence of Taiwan. > > After everything, Xu quits Debian because of *nationalism*! > Is it necessary at all, to use names of political systems like names of > states? Would it not be better, to use unpolitical names of geological > formations eg. "Island Taiwan"? > People keep migrating and political systems come and go. Names of states > and citys are changing throughout the world. Names of islands, mountains > and rivers will stay for much longer time periods. > I love the work, Herbert has done and I would miss him. The name people are asking to have listed in the Debian installer is "Taiwan". Please explain how this is a politically-charged name. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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