On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 11:04:30PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:01:41PM -0600, Scott Dier wrote: > > * Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> [020313 17:22]: > > > anarchy docs, bitchx, sex, etc. etc. etc. > > This reeks of 'abstaince-only' sexual education. (Yes, there are public > > schools who don't tell their kids about condoms if their parents desire.) > > Is the focus of debian jr. to promote ignorance, or to provide a package > > set for kids? > The argument was that Debian Jr. is for kids (like little kids, not > teenagers). IMO, if you are installing for a child, you should pay close > attention to anything you install anyway. But, for the sake of forcing > the issue, the Debian Jr. metapackage could conflict with known > offensive packages. It's perfectly normal to do so. I surely wouldn't > give my 5 year old a subscription to a nude magazine along with his > Children's Book of the Month Club. IOW, the Debian Jr. metapackage would be rendered incompatible with multi-user systems? Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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