Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 08:42:01 +0100 From: Joel Dahl <joel@vnode.se> To: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, src-committers@freebsd.org, John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling SmXXrgrav <des@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r246362 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <20130206074201.GG21730@jd.benders.se> In-Reply-To: <20130206071807.GN26896@FreeBSD.org> References: <201302051439.r15EdcE7011203@svn.freebsd.org> <201302051158.55117.jhb@freebsd.org> <20130205205547.GI26896@FreeBSD.org> <201302051617.25454.jhb@freebsd.org> <20130206071807.GN26896@FreeBSD.org>
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On 06-02-2013 11:18, Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 04:17:25PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > J> On Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:55:47 pm Gleb Smirnoff wrote: > J> > On Tue, Feb 05, 2013 at 11:58:54AM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > J> > J> > > On Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:39:38 am Dag-Erling SmXXrgrav wrote: > J> > J> > > > Author: des > J> > J> > > > Date: Tue Feb 5 14:39:37 2013 > J> > J> > > > New Revision: 246362 > J> > J> > > > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246362 > J> > J> > > > > J> > J> > > > Log: > J> > J> > > > Remove political propaganda > J> > J> > > > > J> > J> > > > Modified: > J> > J> > > > head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes-o.real > J> > J> > > > J> > J> > > *sigh* > J> > J> > > > J> > J> > > I'm sure there are other quotes that people who do not share your political > J> > J> > > persuasion might find propaganda or offensive, etc. Censorship and freedom > J> > J> > > of speech is quite a sticky widget, and I think the only truly sane policy > J> > J> > > is that fortune files are append-only (unless we outright remove them and > J> > J> > > that seems excessive). And new things should have a very high bar to be > J> > J> > > added to fortune. Perhaps we should move fortunes-o to ports entirely? > J> > J> > > > J> > J> > > J> > J> > I am more concerned about the insta-MFC than the removal per se. > J> > J> > Only security or legal issues are cause to go under 3 days, was my > J> > J> > impression. > J> > J> > J> > J> Yes, the insta-MFC is also not appropriate, esp. for something that you know > J> > J> is going to raise eyebrows when it is committed. Having to debate this sort > J> > J> of thing in public on mailing lists is also distinctly unhelpful and very > J> > J> distracting from productive work. Also, I'd like to preemptively ask > J> > J> developers to refrain from any further commits to the fortunes datfiles for > J> > J> the time being as the last thing we need is a commit war over this sort of > J> > J> thing. > J> > > J> > What about just moving the entire games subdirectory to ports repo? > J> > J> We've already moved most of it many years ago. > > The yesterday bikeshed proves that "most" isn't enough. :( The entire games subdir > needs to be moved. +1 This is a worthless discussion that seems to pop up from time to time. Move it to ports. -- Joel
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