Quoting Justin B Rye (jbr@edlug.org.uk):
> The problem with this is that it doesn't make it clear what the
> alternative is. Could we perhaps turn it around and make "yes" mean
> "delete it" (but keep "no" as the default)?
Agreed. I adapted the part of the patch that goes in debian/postinst.
> Let's use the right ASCII substitute for ®...
>
> Quite apart from being a mild taboo word, "bastard" can't legitimately
> be used as a gradable adjective - in fact most dictionaries say it's
> just a modifying noun (you can't say "my sword is too bastard", for
> instance). Replace "as bastard as possible" and "most bastard" with
> something simpler from the upstream website:
>
> Bastet ("bastard Tetris") is a free clone of Tetris(R) which tries to
> compute how useful blocks are and gives you the worst possible brick.
And all this is adopted, too.
>
> * * *
> Inevitable Why-The-Name Appendix:
> Obviously, it's sacred to the Ancient Egyptian cat-goddess.
Yep, I was thinking that "bastet" was the reference to that goddess,
indeed (but I name my servers from Egyptian Gods at work and from
Pharaohs at home....so I'm maybe influenced in some way).
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