Bug#1035100: Unrelated political statement in main UI
piorunz
piorunz at gmx.com
Fri Jan 3 11:55:18 GMT 2025
Hi w at uter,
Thanks for your reply.
While their political statement does not directly violate any parts of
Code of Conduct, I feel that it is not aligned with it at all. It's not
open and not meant to help collaboration (CoC points 3 and 5), it is
meant to divide and separate instead. Is it not made in good faith
(point 2).
I assumed good faith (point 2) when installing a package, but that faith
failed me, because what I received was a country flag banner with a
politically charged message behind it.
While their intent might have been genuine, the inclusion of such
content in a package aimed at children (among other groups) could be
seen as not displaying good faith toward the broader and culturally
diverse Debian user base. Especially in software meant for education,
this type of messaging risks alienating users who may not share the same
views or prefer to keep politics separate from technical tools.
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