Re: If Debian wants to grow, let it grow. Or: King James reading Anarchy FAQ
On Mon, Mar 22, 1999 at 07:38:59PM -0500, James LewisMoss wrote:
> >>>>> On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 14:36:11 +0000, Dave Swegen <dave@recursive.prestel.co.uk> said:
>
> Dave> If the bible didn't have an asscociated program, IMHO it
> Dave> wouldn't go in. The line has to be drawn somewhere, or else
> Dave> the distro (ie main, contrib, non-free and non-US) is going to
> Dave> get so utterly humungous as to be scary...
>
> The problem with classifying by something that has a program is that
> it allows me to format something as a fortune file and include it.
> That would make it valid. The 'that which has a program' reasoning
> seems like not the best method.
Right, I see the same problem. Especially, any html or plain ASCII file can
be processed with many many tools (much more then fortune), and has
theremore even more reason to be included, right?
Thanks,
Marcus
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