Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1264 mails)

[Patrick Shanahan <paka@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Basil Chupin <blchupin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> [09-09-11 21:52]:
> On 10/09/11 02:13, Roger Luedecke wrote:
> > Is this really settled though? There are people who find the very existence 
> > of
> > religious texts offensive to begin with. This solution may not please
> > everyone.
>
>
> I for one do not think that it is settled at all.
>
> To begin with, why has there been a request to include this piece of
> software in FACTORY?
>
> If this organisation is writing some software to push their religious
> beliefs then they should do so directly through their own efforts and
> not request to have it included as part of a Linux distribution:
> create a 1-click installation process for this software and if people
> who want to use it then they install it directly from that site.
>
> There is already some tearing of the hair and gnashing of the teeth
> in trying to keep the size of what is to be put onto the Live CDs
> and/or the DVDs and now someone wants to add some religious program
> to Factory - after which it will flow on to the installation media
> which is already overcrowded.
>
> Which other distros have had the same request foisted on them and
> what have been their responses?

It appears too difficult to look at the project and see what it is all
about.  Instead just jump in and rant in every direction.  Perhaps they
want to take over the world and this is their beginning, doh

from www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jst
<quote>
The SWORD Project is the CrossWire Bible Society's free Bible software
project. Its purpose is to create cross-platform open-source tools--
covered by the GNU General Public License-- that allow programmers and
Bible societies to write new Bible software more quickly and easily. We
also create Bible study software for all readers, students, scholars, and
translators of the Bible, and have a growing collection of over 200 texts
in over 50 languages. 
</quote>

All the vocalization and dramatization which has occurred today is nothing
of substance.  They are not proposing that we do anything but provide a
package that allows one to write software of a particular nature. 
openSUSE already provides software that could be used for the same
purpose, but not "labeled" for religious purposes.

WHAT is all to todo/dodo about.

Swallow it, people, and step up to the table!

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