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Bug#882445: Proposed change of offensive packages to -offensive



Sean Whitton dijo [Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 05:18:37PM -0700]:
> > So to be concrete, how about this:
> >
> >   N. Packages with potentially offensive content
> >
> >   As a maintainer you should make a judgement about whether the
> >   contents of a package is appropriate to include, whether it needs
> >   any kind of content warning, and whether some parts should be split
> >   out into a separate package (so that users who want to avoid certain
> >   parts can do so).  In making these decisions you should take into
> >   account the project's views as expressed in our Diversity Statement.
> >
> >   If you split out (potentially) offensive or disturbing material into
> >   a separate package, you should usually mark this in the package name
> >   by adding "-offensive".  For example, "cowsay" vs
> >   "cowsay-offensive".  In this situation the "-offensive" package can
> >   be Suggested by the core package(s), but should not be Recommended
> >   or Depended on, so that it is not installed by default.
> 
> I second this patch.  I suggest we add it as section 3.1.1, i.e., as a
> subsection to 3.1 "The package name".
> 
> Iain, Gunnar and Steve: could you repeat your seconding of this patch to
> this debian-policy bug, please?  Kindly quote the above text that you
> are seconding.
> 
> For posterity, the rest of the discussion outside of this bug may be
> found here: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/11/msg00209.html

Right. I second this patch. Thanks, Sean, for doing the administrative
steps!

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