| Ron Johnson 2004-12-01, 4:28 am |
| On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 02:49 -0800, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2004 at 04:01:06AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
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> Hard-coding a list of "unacceptable" packages into the CD building scripts
I was thinking of a tag, or moving them out of main.
> is a waste of time, because the location of a package on a CD set is
> primarily determined by its importance to the system and by its popularity.
> Most of these packages are in danger of ending up on the first CD any time
Do you mean "not in danger"?
> soon -- and, if they were, why should we be overriding the overwhelming
> preferences expressed by our users just to pander to the childish
> sensibilities of people who *aren't* our users?
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> Of the packages in this list, two of them actually *are* on disk 1:
> fortunes-es-off and fortunes-it-off. I see no reason to consider moving
> them until someone in a country where the lawyers speak those languages
> registers a complaint. For that matter, it's doubtful that fortunes-off (on
> CD 3) is illegal anywhere, even in the worst anti-intellectual cesspools
> of the American South, in spite of its humorous content.
Well, guess what? I live in the American South, and I'd like to
give away disks to young geeks and wannabees without having to
worry about whether his/her parents or teacher would wig out.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
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After listening to many White House, Pentagon & CENTCOM briefings
in both Gulf Wars, it is my firm belief that most "senior
correspondents" either have serious agendas that don't get shaken
by facts, or are dumb as dog feces.
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