Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 11:18:07 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling SmXXrgrav <des@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r246362 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <20130206071807.GN26896@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <201302051617.25454.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201302051439.r15EdcE7011203@svn.freebsd.org> <201302051158.55117.jhb@freebsd.org> <20130205205547.GI26896@FreeBSD.org> <201302051617.25454.jhb@freebsd.org>
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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. -- Totus tuus, Glebius.
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