On Thu, Jul 17, 2025 at 10:18:49AM +0200, Alex wrote: > >> Removing the package from future releases will not remove it from users > >> systems, and people who want to install it still have plenty of easy ways > >> to do > >> so. I understand your point of view but maybe there are better battles to > >> fight for. > > > > I do not think this analogy is correct. > > Just the existence of the package is IMHO not a problem - you (or > > better: your sysadmin) has to decide to install it. why is this a > > problem, when we have the package - as other thousand packages too - > > and let the admin decide wether he wants to install it? > > It's problematic because Debian would be providing its huge platform to > offensive/harmful content. > And yet, here is a short list of a few things that are included in Debian that are considered offensive/harmful by very large numbers of the global population:
- a wide variety of versions of the Christian Bible - many commentaries on the Christian Bible - the Quran - display-dhammapada - fortune-anarchism - anarchism Doubtless there are others. Should we start purging those as well? And of course, the bug reports which Salvo referenced in his initial email are clear evidence of the Community Team acting in ways that we have been repeatedly assured they do not act. So much for those assurances. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
