Subject: bug#54691: [PATCH] gnu: fortune-mod: Remove off database.

From: Csepp <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 15:40:16 +0200

Liliana Marie Prikler <[email-masked]> writes:

> merge 56599 54691
> thanks
>
> Am Samstag, dem 16.07.2022 um 14:21 +0200 schrieb raingloom:
>> * gnu/packages/games.scm (fortune-mod): Delete off database after
>> install phase.
>> ---
>>  gnu/packages/games.scm | 5 ++++-
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/gnu/packages/games.scm b/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> index 713f9339b2..cf10ebc9b6 100644
>> --- a/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> +++ b/gnu/packages/games.scm
>> @@ -7721,7 +7721,10 @@ (define-public fortune-mod
>>                   (lambda _
>>                     (with-directory-excursion #$output
>>                       (rename-file "games/fortune" "bin/fortune")
>> -                     (rmdir "games")))))))
>> +                     (rmdir "games"))))
>> +               (add-after 'install 'commit-censorship
>> +                 (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
>> +                   (delete-file-recursively (string-append
> Truly offensive files should be removed with a snippet rather than a
> funnily named phase.  I'm not sure if this applies to all of off, but
> let it be said, that there's plenty of fortunes that'd violate the CoC
> in files not labeled as such.  Some files could probably be salvaged if
> we only removed some quotes – for example limericks about numbers are
> probably fine, but other limericks aren't.  Furthermore, we should also
> revise the list of fortunes not in off, men-women is just an alternate
> spelling of sexism.
>
> Cheers

That's probably better done as a fork of upstream. If no one wants to do
that, I wouldn't miss the package if it got yeeted. :shrug: