From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hi6Bi-0001Xt-4V for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:59:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3T9vrLL001180; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:57:53 GMT Received: from citycable.ch (mail.alinto.citycable.ch [85.218.0.110]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3T9skfT029161 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:54:46 GMT Received: (qmail 26260 invoked by uid 64); 29 Apr 2007 09:54:46 -0000 Received: from dominique.michel@citycable.ch by alinto.net (uvscan: v5.1.00/v5019. Clean); 29 Apr 2007 09:54:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost) (dominique.michel@citycable.ch@85.218.4.108) by smtp.alinto.citycable.ch with SMTP; 29 Apr 2007 09:54:46 -0000 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 11:55:22 +0200 From: Dominique Michel To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new herd: theology Message-ID: <20070429115522.1b679946@localhost> In-Reply-To: <4633F41A.40407@gentoo.org> References: <463159E2.4030009@gentoo.org> <1177647086.2532.495.camel@phoenix> <4633801A.1030308@gentoo.org> <4633F41A.40407@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.8.1 (GTK+ 2.10.9; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAJFBMVEXy8ubtkoXo7+b1+fbN cGKCeWDtamweFA8eMkmKPkPtvcWRoqyV0Pn7AAACbElEQVQ4jXXTMWvbQBQA4MOlizsdXEXp KAi09mKcLZ0EJxONDRJVkikg9AtqTm63gtHDmVJs1GsnC0JiaTMJGN2f67uzznJb+gZj9PFO 7717IqdtvCAmem4bxMLp/2BEyEBF1+U/0H8uhI6rv+BVLNrY/gH9T0L8yAxk2yMY3YuZxDCn TY/gpBByyTGktIcZOIvFjPNJmqYJDwrx3cIoBrE0zzG4FF8tfBAwM+DonKCYWjgROZ6Upjcm 5Qje58JAmlKKGfIAjzaDUuogZBY2Bjg14eDbywMIqZvwqgqFBcVFB0seYONLb00ZZlh4p0F6 FHNoUMyKAzxowJSQTyj+XloYs3MN3GeMpzyYSTMshLM00ODpWlPp4SDbqs4cViDcGAgmlK/a PsaOg7DvIQ3wzANMqB/iQW/XTkoTLO6XhSeHUoQKe+NLjyY/Ldx7CW2D4WTYhZ3V0GP64RpP Q/E66IUWMLj3+nDn4w2ejMACyXFeHZy6ETcZehc49bv1GQ/0bazNuzm97mDkhnoie9i30WYM w/YCnYT7Fx308s98n0IT//Jod1+aOzdzYXLVbftol+PC+REG3u+0AxdEtuSMB6G+DLGwMH4E vXGmJn8VCLM9LhmrOAMQYt5Wi/DFgIC52iFkUzMpDVmjAaDZRGC+JGwDqzJ/G5fUUcWZAaE7 YfvPLYtIU1Wb4A2IeS7uDMgcIFutiCr766qGfKHyuxvTIERKXVNSN27lDgCuBuojlpxIyJV6 ritS1uWWuHF2Ww7qcIKbqEFVNbmtmm3vGSCHbVXjikrY3SpVxwQWw2aIjwG+ueXTJDmHeK6a HfwGyU5ZSlGeSRQAAAAASUVORK5CYII= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-aduser: dominique.michel@citycable.ch/85.218.4.108 X-Archives-Salt: 295199c3-415c-443f-87f9-4869985f394e X-Archives-Hash: 1c1534d93fb1075c077cd4178cc0e275 Le Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:25:46 -0700, Josh Saddler a =C3=A9crit : > Nathan Smith wrote: > > On 4/28/07, R=C3=A9mi Cardona wrote: > >> Josh Sled wrote: > >> > >> > If that's the case, might not "humanities" be a better name? > >> > >> s/theology/humanities/ sounds good. +1 from me. > >> > >> R=C3=A9mi > >> --=20 > >> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list > >> > >> > >=20 > > Indeed. Even if we wanted a herd specific to religion, "theology" is > > not the best choice since I've yet to conceive of how a program can do > > theology. Certain types of programs can inform one's theology > > (textual studies programs based on SWORD are a good example of this), > > but the same programs have various other uses. Humanities is a good > > enough description. > >=20 >=20 > It would only be called "humanities" if it was also trying to include > gramps (geneology) with the other 7 packages which are explicitly > religious in nature. As beandog has already said, gramps has been > removed from the herd. religion or theology is clearly the most > appropriate category of the remaining packages. There's no need to > rename the herd to "humanities" just because some folks are > uncomfortable with topics and packages relating to religion. >=20 > Think about your local library (Dewey decimal system) -- you don't find > Bible study guides in the humanities/sociology (300s, 400s, 600s, 800s > and possibly 900s (history))...you find it in 100s and 200s. The > sections on "religion and philosophy". the remaining 7 packages are > clearly religious in nature. Don't try to label them anything else, just > because you ain't comfortable with it or don't like 'em. >=20 I agree with you. And genealogy is somewhere in the sciences or human scien= ces section. Dominique -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list