On Jan 13, 2008 6:40 AM, Daniel Brumbaugh Keeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The appropriate organization for the faceted > system would be to create a new facet like 'rating' and make > 'nonviolent' a subcategory. That, unfortunately, sounds like quite a > categorical undertaking.
Are there other packages in Debian that need ratings? Because in that case, rating::contains-violence could dovetail with other ratings tags. However, I can't think of many other packages that contain objectionable material. There are a number of written texts in the "doc" section, but except for maybe the Anarchist FAQ, the Jargon File, the Nethack Spoilers, and the book Copyright Does Not Exist, I can't imagine any of them needing this kind of "rating". fortunes-off is potentially objectionable, and some of the ones in vanilla fortunes probably are too, but both of these programs are in section: games already. I find the concept of a "nonviolent" tag more appealing than a "violent" tag (as in rating::contains-violence) because this way the default is "offensive", rather than someone downloading Doom just because someone forgot to put a tag on it. However, if the vast majority of packages in the Debian system are unoffensive, then a nonviolent tag would just be noise for most packages. I don't think every package in Debian needs to be rated, in other words, so I think a "rating" facet would be overkill. I think an "energy" facet is fine for the concept of "nonviolent", if you accept that one plays a nonviolent game differently from how one plays a violent game, and especially since games are the main subject for this tag, although I do admit it's a bit weird. Alternately, perhaps it could fit in junior::, since most people looking for nonviolent games are doing so in order to protect the minds of younger users. > It should represent a clear, atomic concept > It should have a facet to fit in > There should be more than 6 or 7 packages in Debian that can make use of it The concept is: a game which does not contain graphical depictions of violence. Here is a short list of three dozen packages which can make use of it: ace-of-penguins adonthell angrydd armagetron atlantik blinken fillets-ng flightgear fretsonfire frozen-bubble kanagram katomic kbackgammon kbattleship kblackbox kbounce kenolaba kfouleggs kjumpingcube klickety klines kmahjongg kmines knetwalk kolf kpat kpoker kreversi ksame kshisen ksirtet ksmile ksnake ksokoban lskat searchandrescue Ethan _______________________________________________ Debtags-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debtags-devel
