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Re: Bug#38902: PROPOSED] data section



On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 02:00:42PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote:
> Branden Robinson wrote:
> > If I understood the proposal correctly, bible-kjv and verse would both go
> > into the new data section.  "verse" because it's designed to work only with
> > only one data file -- bible-kjv.
> 
> That's silly. 'passwd' is a program designed to work with only 1 data file,
> I don't think that puts it in data. 

passwd also happens to be necessary to the proper functioning of the
system.  Arguments from religious bigots aside, I don't think "verse" can
claim that distinction.

> I'm opposed to putting any binaries in data.

I can agree with this principle, however.  It certainly would make the
lines easier to draw.

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