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 1HhMfr-000820-Gm for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:23:32 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l3R9M4td029040; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:22:04 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l3R9Inmk024401 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:18:50 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C6706496E for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:18:49 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.861 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.861 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.861] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id LA-elsJUnJeo for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95E8C64737 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1HhMb1-0001WJ-DD for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:18:31 +0200 Received: from ip68-231-13-102.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.231.13.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:18:31 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-231-13-102.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:18:31 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: new herd: theology Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:17:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <463159E2.4030009@gentoo.org> <1177647086.2532.495.camel@phoenix> <20070427072418.6ae6bd78@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net> 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: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-231-13-102.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.128 (SR/CL: Leitmotiv: Toynbee Idea) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: e4b95a0e-1084-4a04-b4c3-f9b24f6decf6 X-Archives-Hash: 2f29216aac59020bb1f6019b851ef653 Jeroen Roovers posted 20070427072418.6ae6bd78@epia.jer-c2.orkz.net, excerpted below, on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:24:18 +0200: > On Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:11:26 -0400 > Josh Sled wrote: > >> If that's the case, might not "humanities" be a better name? >> >> E.g., I don't know what genealogy has to do with theology, but I do see >> that both relate to the human condition. > > It's a very good question, it was posed at the time, it was never > answered and at last we can now say it was almost completely ignored. I (and I expect others who know) didn't answer this before, as it would have been too easy to start an OT subthread I didn't want to start, but I trust everyone minding the CoC will prevent that from occurring now. Briefly (and intended to be neutrally), the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormons (maybe other groups as well??), have a religious interest in genealogy, so having it in the religion/theology herd would make sense to them. That should answer the question, and give a place to start for those interested in looking it up. However, I agree the sciences or a general humanities herd will make more sense to most folks. I don't feel strongly enough about it to be worth arguing a maintainer's choice of herd for their packages, however. After all, they're the ones taking responsibility for it in the tree, regardless of the herd it's in, and if it's more convenient for them in a theology herd, why should it be a problem for those not interested in the package? It might raise a few eyebrows here or there, but if it's being well maintained, there are more critical things to argue about. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list