Re: Intent to package: eggdrop
On 17 Nov 1997, James Troup wrote:
> Johnie Ingram <johnie@netgod.net> writes:
>
> > "Eggdrop is the most advanced IRC robot available. It has been
> > under development since December 1993, and, unlike most other bots,
> > it is still regularly updated..."
> >
> > Though this software has been used online for months to assist the
> > Debian developers on irc.debian.org, I suspect there may be some
> > argument that IRC robots are inherently "evil", and unsuitable for
> > packaging.
>
> I have never claimed that IRC robots are evil[1], inherently or
> otherwise, however I have and will continue to claim that packaging
> IRC robots so that *anyone* can run one is evil. I know some 12 year
> olds who desperately want to run a bot but who can't, thankfully,
> compile eggdrop. They probably could manage dpkg -i or using dselect
> and basic (but certainly bad) configuration. Bots are banned from the
> vast majority of servers for a good reason. There are no pre-compiled
> binaries available on the official ftp sites for a good reason.
Yeah, I'd place packaging bots right up with packaging things like
TearDrop, WinNuke (that nice OOB SMB one), ping'o'death and so on.
I can just imagine seeing more bots arrive on irc.debian.org, #debian just
because Johnie packages this abomination. On the bright side, some hax0r
might just learn TCL..
Perhaps we should extend the scope of the spin-off dists and make a
'Debian for Anarchists' ? <grin>
Jason
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