On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 11:56:28PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt said: > > The CIA world fact book has Taiwan listed last, out of alphabetical > order. How odd. Odd, but not relevant. The US doesn't officially recognize Taiwan as a country, and the Fact Book isn't a standard or even standards-based; it's a tool intended for use by government employees, and extended to others as a public-relations issue. Quietly listing Taiwan last, but without any verbiage proclaiming it to be part of China, allows Beijing to save face. This is a very important consideration for the US. However, it is absolutely not relevant for Debian. Pick a standard and stick with it. Deviate from it only for documented, compelling technical reasons. Anything else is meddling in politics, and while I encourage Debian developers to meddle in politics, Debian the project should not, and should not be used as a forum to do so, except in the case of those political issues that are codified in the Social Contract. Just my opinion, as a user of Debian. -- Shawn McMahon | "Tell the American people never to lose their guns. EIV Consulting | As long as they keep their guns in their hands, what UNIX and Linux | happened here will never happen there." - A female http://www.eiv.com | student from Beijing, China
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