Bug#192553: ITP: debianarchist -- info and tools for subversion within the Debian domain.

2003-05-12 Thread Benjamin Drieu
> Included are recipes and tools intended to challenge the existing state
> of affairs of Debian and the freedom in computing that it represents.

Is there really a need for packaging this 40 lines shell script that
extracts contents from a package and makes an ISO filesystem from that?
Sounds like a private joke package to me.

Cheers,
Benjamin

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Bug#192553: ITP: debianarchist -- info and tools for subversion within the Debian domain.

2003-05-09 Thread Lukas Geyer
Matthew Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On Fri, 9 May 2003, John Belmonte wrote:
> 
> > Andreas Happe wrote:
> > > where are the differences to the anarchism package?
> > 
> > At the risk of stating the obvious, the anarchism package contains the
> > document "An Anarchist FAQ" and is about anarchism.  The debianarchist
> > package contains documents and programs from
> > http://memebeam.org/debianarchist/ and pertains to debianarchism.
> 
> If the debianarchist package will simply contain what's on the website you
> gave, I don't really see the point of putting one webpage and script of
> dubious point into a debian package.  
> 
> Those against archive bloat may wish to take a close look at this one... 

I have not only bloat concerns, but I seriously question the sanity of
the author. In fact, it looks like somebody is just trolling. May I
quote from http://memebeam.org/debianarchist/1/:

  The unseasoned among us might think this contradicts wording in the
  the DFSG such as "The rights attached to the program must not depend
  on the program's being part of a Debian system". Fortunately, that
  document entangles and contradicts itself such that no single
  fragment wields any power. Remember that the protection offered to
  the spirit of a such a document is inversely proportional to the
  number of words contained therein.

If the author really thinks that the DFSG are so seriously flawed as
to be meaningless, the right place to discuss this are the Debian
mailing lists. Until the author clarifies his intentions, I object to
letting this get into Debian.

Lukas



Bug#192553: ITP: debianarchist -- info and tools for subversion within the Debian domain.

2003-05-08 Thread John Belmonte
Package: wnpp
Version: N/A; reported 2003-05-08
Severity: wishlist

* Package name: debianarchist
  Version : 1
  Upstream Author : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* URL : http://memebeam.org/debianarchist/
* License : none (public domain)
  Description : info and tools for subversion within the Debian domain.

Included are recipes and tools intended to challenge the existing state
of affairs of Debian and the freedom in computing that it represents.

While the entire contents of this package are in the public domain and
believed to be in accordance with the laws that govern us, following
the instructions presented may get you into serious trouble.  Think
before you act.