"Professionalism" syntax

Kyrre Ness Sjobak kyrre at solution-forge.net
Fri Nov 12 19:56:19 UTC 2004


fre, 12.11.2004 kl. 20.34 skrev seth vidal:
> > > I don't want a distribution I work on censored b/c someone is afraid
> > > their screensaver might offend a customer.
> > > If people are concerned about 'decency' in certain packages then let
> > > them add a distribution-nanny package that cleans these things up. 
> > > 
> > > yum install frightened_of_naughty_words.noarch
> > > 
> > 
> > or "yum install naugty_words"
> 
> 
> I don't want other people making the determination for me what is or is
> not a 'naughty word'. There are a whole set of words that I believe
> might be considered inappropriate depending on one's religion that I
> would not want removed at all.
> 
> Local mores are the responsibility of the Local Administrator. If you
> feel certain words will be found to be offensive by your users then YOU
> have to remove them.
> 
> We will not find a group of words that is commonly accepted as
> offensive.
> -sv
> 
> 

No but you might find that some words are found "unprofessional" for 95%
of the userbase - even if they personally don't care.




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