> Anthony Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Anyone with half a brain can see what moronic thing the `Taiwan, > Province of China' is. It's the _only_ `editorial comment' in the > entire list (all other comma-separated entries are simple prefixes which > when used result in each country's full official name; the Taiwan entry > doesn't really fit). >... > > Debian shouldn't _make_ editorial comments like this, but they shouldn't > dumbly stand by and mirror those made by others with fewer scruples.
I wouldn't say Debian _made_ that editorial comment, they used it as it was proposed by some standard. If you don't like it, go against that one but not against Debian. I don't think it's a good idea to have everybody make a standard of its own, because then, there is no standard at all and anybody who wanted to, would be free to use even _really_ discriminating names. Yes, people around the world may influence politics and they may change such naming issues, but I don't think they can do so by urging some developers to change it and thus not conform to the standard. Finally, this is not a political list, this is not a political piece of software. Debian has chosen some worldwide standard and now they should adhere to it. Herewith I'll get out of this discussion again... Stefan -- +++ NEU bei GMX und erstmalig in Deutschland: TÜV-geprüfter Virenschutz +++ 100% Virenerkennung nach Wildlist. Infos: http://www.gmx.net/virenschutz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
