On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: > On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 12:43:12PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > On Jan 13 11:19, Reini Urban wrote: > > > Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes schrieb: > > > >On Thu, Jan 13, 2005 at 10:16:39AM +0100, Reini Urban wrote: > > > >>Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes: > > > >> > > > >>>All debian version 1.99.1-1 patches to the data files have been > > > >>>applied (see http://packages.debian.org/unstable/source/fortune-mod), > > > >>>including spelling changes and removal of a number of Deutsch quotes. > > > >> > > > >>=> "german quotes" please. > > > >>Deutsch would be a person. > > > > > > > >I'll take your word for it, but > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language > > > >lies then. > > > > > > German is complicated and full of traps. Maybe you mixed that with > > > "dutch"? "Dutch quotes" (as adjective) would be ok. > > > > ... but wouldn't mean the same, of course, because that would be too easy. > > Keep it in English please. "Deutsch" would be incorrect in this context > > anyway. *If* you want to use it, say "deutsche quotes", but that's bad > > English ;-) > > > > I'm wondering if we should add a "WARNING: Contains potentially offensive > > texts"(*) to the sdesc in setup.hint. Not that I like the idea, but it > > seems appropriate to avoid more discussion on the list. What do you think? > > > > Oh, yes, the package itself looks ok to me. I'll upload it after you, > > Yitzchak, have said a word about the sdesc. > > How about: > > sdesc: "Print a random selection from a database of adages, some offensive" > category: Games > requires: cygwin libiconv2
I like Corinna's suggestion of adding "may contain offensive material" instead, just to emphasize that offensive material in default fortunes is not a regular occurrence, and is a bug. That said, is there a reason your setup.hint doesn't have an ldesc? Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Igor Pechtchanski, Ph.D. '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow! "The Sun will pass between the Earth and the Moon tonight for a total Lunar eclipse..." -- WCBS Radio Newsbrief, Oct 27 2004, 12:01 pm EDT