Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:40:29 -0200 From: "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com> To: Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r218650 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <AANLkTinykeZ358BNu0smwUqv%2BJcZPWMXTd0uiWhgZ6t2@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201102191929.11510.brucec@freebsd.org> References: <201102131818.p1DIIuLL046962@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=KFCR=upHG2PErc2h-=U7P4NupY15Ca6-7ogn5@mail.gmail.com> <201102191929.11510.brucec@freebsd.org>
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On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 5:29 PM, Bruce Cran <brucec@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Saturday 19 February 2011 17:25:32 Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote: > >> Did anybody complain about this? If not, would you mid either revert >> this commit or just go ahead and move all "potentially" offensive >> jokes to fortunes-o? Anything from Grouch Marx or Mark Twain will >> probably qualify. > > Yes, someone complained. From bin/137702: > > "A coworker pointed out a borderline offensive fortune that appeared in my > email signature which is partially generated from `fortune -s` output. So the PR submitter should stop using random fortunes in email signatures instead of asking FreeBSD to make fortunes compliant to the moral standards of his/her coworkers. How long do you think it will take until somebody else find a a borderline offensive fortune? > [...] > > I agree that it's probably not appropriate in a professional setting." Sure. People must understand that fortunes are an optional feature whose use has unpredictable consequences. Blaming FreeBSD for the possible inconveniences.home | help
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