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Re: Bug#427297: ITP: sturmbahnfahrer -- simulated obstacle course for automobiles



Hello Charles, Miriam and maybe others.

Am 2007-06-03 16:00:28, schrieb Charles Plessy:
> Le Sun, Jun 03, 2007 at 02:30:43AM +0200, Miriam Ruiz a écrit :
> > Package: wnpp
> > * Package name    : sturmbahnfahrer
> 
> Dear Miriam,
> 
> I have very bad feelings when I read the name of this game. It is a very
> bad taste play on the word "sturmbahnführer", which is a rank which was

Sorry, I can not find "Sturmbahnführer" but "Sturmbannführer".  :-)

Even if I came from germany and know the WWII very well, I had never
associated it with the Nazi-Regime.

> only awarded in the SS divisions when Germany was ruled by the nazis. If
> you google with "sturmbahnfahrer", you will not find any page which is
> not related to the game: this word does not exist in German.

The translation is "Storm Course Driver".

> Maybe you could ask the upstream authors if they could consider renaming
> their game before including it in Debian? Otherwise, well, do what you
> want. But this name is really disgusting.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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