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Date:      Mon, 24 Oct 2016 01:05:52 +0200
From:      "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com>
To:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: misc/jive deleted
Message-ID:  <201610232306.u9NN5qN0091649@fire.js.berklix.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message "Sat, 22 Oct 2016 11:14:29 -0500." <20161022161428.GA7234@lonesome.com>

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Mark Linimon wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 01:31:04PM +0200, Alphons van Werven wrote:
> > I'm still half waiting for someone with misguided delusions of moral
> > superiority to delete that port, thinking it's their decision to make
> > that FreeBSD must not enable people to display their system load as a
> > cartoon woman in various stages of undress.
> 
> <FACEPALM>
> 
> It's not delusions of moral superiority.  It's common decency.

"Common decency" is disputable even in within USA; Europe is less
infested with USA style prissy "political correctness", & other
places less than Europe.  Censorship of Global FreeBSD to USA norms
is Offensive.


> There's no "censorship" if the FreeBSD developers make a collective
> decision that they don't want to be associated with juvenile junk

Some will consider games/* & misc/jive etc juvenile,  & other ports offensive
for licence or many other reasons.  Tolerate them all, Live & let live.

The vast majority of commiters are innocent.  Just a few ports butchers
have degraded FreeBSD, removing working ports in last few years.

Rather than delete or move sensitive ports to a new SUBDIR, causing
disruption, & SVN work, Add a flag to bsd.port.mk
like NO_CDROM eg SENSITIVE= (like a TV / Cinema adults only flag).


> that makes them look like a bunch of out-of-touch clueless old white
> guys;

Inflamatory language degrades,  Mature language builds.

Cheers,
Julian
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