Bug#477454: Insulting source code

[Sebastian Dröge]

Package: quodlibet
Version: 1.0-1
Severity: serious

Hi,
since SVN revision r4027 quodlibet's source code is personally insulting
me, probably as reaction of Debian bug #421167 which was caused by a
mistake on my side:

===================================================================
--- player.py (Revision 4026)
+++ player.py (Revision 4027)
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@

def init(pipeline, librarian):
gst.debug_set_default_threshold(gst.LEVEL_ERROR)
- if gst.element_make_from_uri(gst.URI_SRC, "file://", ""):
+ if gst.element_make_from_uri(
+ gst.URI_SRC,
+ "file:///Sebastian/Droge/please/choke/on/a/bucket/of/cocks", ""):
global playlist
playlist = PlaylistPlayer(pipeline or "gconfaudiosink",
librarian)
return playlist
daniel@bert:~/1/quodlibet-1.x$ svn log -r 4026:4027
------------------------------------------------------------------------
r4027 | piman | 2007-04-27 05:17:05 +0200 (Fr, 27 Apr 2007) | 1 line

player.init: Give a fake filename to trick GStreamer 0.10.12's filesrc.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Please get this fixed, it's fine if source code is insulting other
pieces of code or random things but personal insults are IMHO going too
far.

[Bastian Kleineidam]

Am Donnerstag, 24. April 2008 19:46:38 schrieben Sie:
> No, this can't result in a lawsuit against Debian, please take your
> bullshit elsewhere, kthxbye.
At least in Germany, it can. It is not legal to insult a person in public
(even with free speech). So if Sebastian Dröge is indeed from Germany, he
could sue if Debian continues to distribute the above insult after taking
notice of the offending lines.

I think this is unlikely, but the possibility is there.

Kind regards,
Bastian

[Antonio SJ Musumeci]

Doesn't seem like you could call that "free" to me. Either way this is
a non-issue.

[Michael Urman]

> I agree with Andreas Barth. This is bad style, and it even could
> result in a law suit brought upon the Debian project.
> So just replace the offending lines please.

Can the severity descriptions or policy be updated to reflect this
then? Serious is currently listed as
"a severe violation of Debian policy" or "in the package maintainer's
opinion...unsuitable for release." on
http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities; nothing I could find
in a quick perusal of the linked policy at
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ appeared to address this sort
of situation. As currently written (excluding anything relevant I
missed in the policy) I don't see how anything other than "minor" or
"wishlist" can apply.

--
Michael Urman

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