Gentoo Bug Filed: Moor-2.6.1 Aborts If User Is Assumed to Be Russian
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A bug was filed against Gentoo for the moor-2.6.1 package aborting when it assumes a user is Russian, highlighting issues with locale configuration and software internationalization.
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slater
3 months ago
1 reply"The app contains extremist content." good lord
BeetleBAuthor
3 months ago
While his wording is overly dramatic, from the distribution's maintainers standpoint, this does need to be handled - I like the idea of emitting a warning before the app is installed.
1oooqooq
3 months ago
sadly this will motivate someone to make the mistake and mention us,eu,ir invasions... and it will completely destroy their life
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