Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-03-01 Thread Florian Weimer
* Julien Cristau: > log/2005-05:20050528100016|lisa|rejected|hot-babe_0.2.0-1_powerpc.changes > > I can't find the reason, so you'd have to ask Jörg about that. IIRC, the images are non-free, and might even be used without consent from the copyright holder.

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-03-01 Thread Kevin Mark
On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 01:53:27AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:14:04PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:59:00AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:00:27AM -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > > > > On 2008.02.27, Stephen Gran <[EMAI

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-03-01 Thread chad
Hallo as the unintential starter of this thread some remarks - didn't want to start another flame war or even worser to advertise the mentioned game. I used simply the possibilty to ask the debian mantainer and got traped by an automagicaly added cc to this list. - thanks to Charles i got in co

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-29 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 06:14:04PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:59:00AM -0500, Kevin Mark wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:00:27AM -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > > > On 2008.02.27, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I think it is useful to remember that m

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-28 Thread Cyril Brulebois
On 28/02/2008, Andreas Tille wrote: > /me agrees with the original poster that DDs _could_ have spent > their time otherwise better than maintaining questionable games, but > because they are free to spend their time in whatever they want I > would hate if people (including myself when just writing

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Frans Pop wrote: /me always semi-enjoys the fact that suggestions like the one that started the thread always end up making people aware of a game they did not before knew existed. Would be interesting to compare the popcon scores for the game for this month and next month.

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Charles Plessy
Le Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:59:00AM -0500, Kevin Mark a écrit : > Debian has various packages that contain > potentially offensive matter like the fortune packages. Debian also has > a subproject for children Actually, custom debian distributions ("subprojects") have exactly the same content as Deb

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Francois Marier wrote: > You have a good point: dopewars, despite being fun to a lot of people, is > not exactly a family-friendly game. I suggest you look at this Debian > sub-project if you are looking for a child-safe distribution: > > http://www.debian.org/devel

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Francois Marier
Hi Christof, You have a good point: dopewars, despite being fun to a lot of people, is not exactly a family-friendly game. I suggest you look at this Debian sub-project if you are looking for a child-safe distribution: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ Francois -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Julien, * Julien Cristau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-27 19:30]: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 18:13:12 +, Stephen Gran wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Nico Golde said: > > > At least w3bfukk0r was not allowed > > > to get into the archive because of its offensive name and > > > hot-ba

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Josselin Mouette
Le mercredi 27 février 2008 à 15:00 +0100, Christof Adams a écrit : > Please think over it and remove this package and others with comparable > content. You might find other packages which deserve your time better. I agree. We should for example remove bible-kjv, which contains shocking texts rec

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Julien Cristau
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 18:13:12 +, Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Nico Golde said: > > At least w3bfukk0r was not allowed > > to get into the archive because of its offensive name and > > hot-babe also never made its way into the archive. > > You mean they were actually

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Nico Golde said: > At least w3bfukk0r was not allowed > to get into the archive because of its offensive name and > hot-babe also never made its way into the archive. You mean they were actually rejected by the ftp-master's, or you mean the discussion convinced the m

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Christian Surchi
On mer, 2008-02-27 at 15:00 +0100, Christof Adams wrote: > Hallo Francois, > > I am a long time user of debian. In the updating process i found the > programm "dopewars" you maintain. As a user i much apreciate the work of > volunteers like you in the packing and handling of the debian s

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Kevin Mark
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:00:27AM -0500, Dossy Shiobara wrote: > On 2008.02.27, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think it is useful to remember that many people have different > > thresholds for what they find offensive or funny. > > Similar to non-free, perhaps Debian needs to have

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Stephen, * Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-27 16:40]: > This one time, at band camp, Christof Adams said: > > I am a long time user of debian. In the updating process i found the > > programm "dopewars" you maintain. As a user i much apreciate the work of > > volunteers like yo

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Dossy Shiobara
On 2008.02.27, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it is useful to remember that many people have different > thresholds for what they find offensive or funny. Similar to non-free, perhaps Debian needs to have its packages moved to drug-free, leaving packages like dopewars behind? :

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, Christof Adams said: > > Hallo Francois, > > I am a long time user of debian. In the updating process i found the > programm "dopewars" you maintain. As a user i much apreciate the work of > volunteers like you in the packing and handling of the debian softw

Re: dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Nico Golde
Hi Christof, * Christof Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-02-27 15:22]: > I am a long time user of debian. In the updating process i found the > programm "dopewars" you maintain. As a user i much apreciate the work of > volunteers like you in the packing and handling of the debian software

dopewars do we need such a game in debian distribution?

2008-02-27 Thread Christof Adams
Hallo Francois, I am a long time user of debian. In the updating process i found the programm "dopewars" you maintain. As a user i much apreciate the work of volunteers like you in the packing and handling of the debian software packages. But do we really need a game like this in th