[RFR] templates://bastet/{bastet.templates}

Christian PERRIER bubulle at debian.org
Mon Mar 28 16:18:59 UTC 2011


Quoting Justin B Rye (jbr at edlug.org.uk):

> The problem with this is that it doesn't make it clear what the
> alternative is.  Could we perhaps turn it around and make "yes" mean
> "delete it" (but keep "no" as the default)?

Agreed. I adapted the part of the patch that goes in debian/postinst.

> Let's use the right ASCII substitute for ®...
> 
> Quite apart from being a mild taboo word, "bastard" can't legitimately
> be used as a gradable adjective - in fact most dictionaries say it's
> just a modifying noun (you can't say "my sword is too bastard", for
> instance).  Replace "as bastard as possible" and "most bastard" with
> something simpler from the upstream website:
> 
>     Bastet ("bastard Tetris") is a free clone of Tetris(R) which tries to
>     compute how useful blocks are and gives you the worst possible brick.


And all this is adopted, too.

> 
>  * * *
> Inevitable Why-The-Name Appendix:
> Obviously, it's sacred to the Ancient Egyptian cat-goddess.


Yep, I was thinking that "bastet" was the reference to that goddess,
indeed (but I name my servers from Egyptian Gods at work and from
Pharaohs at home....so I'm maybe influenced in some way). 

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