"Am I the only one who thinks putting this in front of everyone by default is problematic?"
The only person putting this in front of me is you. I've gone 26 years without seeing it. Shame on you. On Sat, Sep 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM Chris Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Responding principally to your original email, but in the thread. > > On Sep 13, 2025, at 22:23, Samuel B <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > I want to know what the developers think. >> > >> > A fairly typical sample, from games/battlestar/command2.c: >> >> ravage(void) >> > ... >> >> case NORMGOD: >> >> puts("You attack the goddess, and she screams as you beat her. >> She >> > falls down"); >> >> if (TestBit(location[position].objects, BATHGOD)) >> >> puts("crying and tries to cover her nakedness."); >> >> else >> >> puts("crying and tries to hold her torn and bloodied dress >> > around her."); >> >> power += 5; >> >> pleasure += 8; >> >> ego -= 10; >> >> wordnumber--; >> >> godready = -30000; >> >> murder(); >> > >> > Am I the only one who thinks putting this in front of everyone by >> > default is problematic? > > > I’m sure you’re not the only one, but I suspect you’re in the minority. > This game was written over 40 years ago, and things were not done the same > way then. There are definite issues with that, but the past is the past. > I don’t think OpenBSD, or anyone is “putting this in front of everyone by > default.” It is a game on the system. Nothing suggests anyone play if, > and it’s been on UNIX systems in general for 40+ years. I don’t think > OpenBSD, or anyone, should _censor_ what people can get. > > If you want to suggest that OpenBSD have a way to categorize certain > software packages as optional due to sensitivities or perceptions of > “appropriate”, then feel free to ask for that. I don’t know whether you’d > find enough support to restructure the operating system bundling, but it’s > a reasonable suggestion. > > I read your initial email as “I find this highly objectionable, and we > shouldn’t ship it.” To that others disagree, myself included. If you were > saying something other than “this isn’t appropriate, please get rid of it,” > then by all means clarify. > > Thanks, I wish all well. > > - Chris > >
