Re: Questionable Package Present in Debian: fortune-mod
On Fri, Aug 18, 2023 at 02:39:00PM -0400, Thomas Ward wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Debian Bug #1024501 [1]indicates that data files are present in the
> fortune-mod package which are against Debian policy:
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> Dear Maintainer,
>
> *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate ***
>
> * What led up to the situation?
>
> As mentioned on Debian-project mailing list:
> This is no longer appropriate for Debian. Fortunes-off binary package has
> been removed: can we remove the data files, please.
>
> This is not yet removed if I read the changelog from Debian.There are
> additional components in the source code which quote these that suggest it
> may be prudent for a complete deletion. Downstream in Ubuntu, this package
> was removed due to violation of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct [2], and as the
> package in Ubuntu and the package in Debian are identical to each other, it
> may be prudent for the Debian community to remove the package in Unstable
> and Testing for similar reasons. However, this was extended to the source
> package as the *source contents* contain the offensive wording, etc.
>
As the person who raised this on debian-project in November 2022 - see the
archives for debian-project for November/December 2022
>
> Can we put this package into the 'considered for removal' list or simply
> remove the package as violation of the Debian Code of Conduct from all
> releases?
>
There was unfortunately no consensus on removal on debian-project and
G. Branden Robinson filed an ITA - intent to adopt - for this package at
the time.
In the absence of any apparent package, this should possibly be
added to files considered for removal: in some sense, it would still
have been easier to do this prior to Bookworm release, but, hey, you
can't do everything :)
Thoughts? As noted, the bug remains open.
All the very best, as ever,
Andy Cater
[amacater@debian.org]
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> Thomas
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> [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1024501
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> [2]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fortune-mod/+bug/1996682
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