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From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6)
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:38:20 -0800
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On Wednesday, November 22, 2017 03:01:17 PM Kurt Lidl wrote:
> On 11/22/17 11:29 AM, Benno Rice wrote:
> > I would like people=E2=80=99s opinion on which of the following two=
 paths we should take:
> >=20
> > 1) Complete removal of fortune and freebsd-tips, remove its usage f=
rom the default .login/.profile files.
> >=20
> > 2) Reworking fortune(6) to remove the offensive fortune flag and ma=
ke freebsd-tips the default, possibly by symlinking it as /usr/share/ga=
mes/fortune/fortunes.
>=20
> Of these options, only #2 is approximately correct.
>=20
> I think just leaving the code as-is, and symlinking the freebsd-tips =
to
> be the default fortune datafile is the correct course of action.
>=20
> Removing the offensive flag handling dictates policy towards users
> of the program.  If someone wants to add their own offensive datafile=

> to their system, the code ought to allow them to select it.

Agreed.  I think removing the default datfiles so that someone can main=
tain
a port is fine, but we should leave freebsd-tips and the tool.  When
the -o database was moved out of base we didn't remove the -o option, b=
ut
instead extended the tool to work with string files in /usr/local.  The=

current state is fine.  The drama and lost time has always been about t=
he
4BSD datfiles, never about freebsd-tips or the tool itself, so the issu=
e is
resolved.

--=20
John Baldwin