Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:05:04 -0000 From: "Thomas Sparrevohn" <Thomas.Sparrevohn@btinternet.com> To: "'Hans Petter Selasky'" <hps@selasky.org>, "'A. Wilcox'" <AWilcox@Wilcox-Tech.com>, <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: The future of fortune(6) Message-ID: <006201d363e6$558e66a0$00ab33e0$@btinternet.com> In-Reply-To: <85e7850e-9f9b-4fe5-5d30-9f6fe8d07519@selasky.org> References: <faf60558-6657-8c1c-349f-3d4136a917a7@perceivon.net> <CANCZdfqYKFCoP2YZiDL3MjiOs2dRkWQ-LvkztVKB9wT41hbjEQ@mail.gmail.com> <5A15DDFA.8060302@Wilcox-Tech.com> <CANCZdfoteBgZq98msXbSX8qh-4En%2BES5KvN4RvAcUdRUicK2%2BA@mail.gmail.com> <5A15E921.8000007@Wilcox-Tech.com> <85e7850e-9f9b-4fe5-5d30-9f6fe8d07519@selasky.org>
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Personally I be sad to see it go...fortune has been around for a very = long time and reminds me of more innocent days where a bit of fun was a = given part of the game - I remember porting it to Minix once and I = struggle to see what harm it can do - but then again I am an old git=20 -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org = [mailto:owner-freebsd-arch@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Hans Petter Selasky Sent: 22 November 2017 22:32 To: A. Wilcox <AWilcox@Wilcox-Tech.com>; freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6) On 11/22/17 22:16, A. Wilcox wrote: > On 22/11/17 14:44, Warner Losh wrote: >> If there is no political agenda, then moving the entire thing to = a port >> would have been the right thing to do =E2=80=93 including the = datfiles. >> >> >> No. That would also give the project's endorsement to it. Gone is 'no = >> opinion at all' we have. >=20 >=20 > And *since* you have decided that "having a port" implies endorsement=20 > of a project, before I archive this thread, here are a few more ports=20 > that you should probably poke portmaster about: >=20 Hi, The FreeBSD project already changed its logo to be more friendly and I = think it is sad when people misunderstand the FreeBSD's Beastie trying = to attribute myself as a FreeBSD developer certain attributes. Humor and irony is individual like Warner pointed out and some people = will never understand it and take it literally instead. By deleting the non-FreeBSD fortunes are we certain we solve a problem = and don't simply move it somewhere else? About offensive port names, how about "/usr/ports/print/removethedots" = :-) --HPS _______________________________________________ freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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