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Please, tell me, who is ever using xsnow in a place where that would be problematic? It’s such a niche software. Again, complete non-issue.

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> who is ever using xsnow

We don't know? Debian doesn't spy on users.

popcon shows 302 users as of now: https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=xsnow

302 installs, could be one person with 302 virtual machines, and could be 1 million with popcon disabled (which is the default).

It could also be 302. You cannot just invent a massive user base because you have no information. Given how niche the software is there is no reasons to believe it is widely used in places where that would cause issues. I suspect not a single person has been impacted by seeing Ukrainian flags.

The push back in this is obviously coming from an anti Ukraine sentiment

I do agree that the user base is possibly minuscule. But as I said in other comments, even if it only happened to one single person, I wouldn't consider it an acceptable risk.

We've removed stuff from debian for way less than this.

> The push back in this is obviously coming from an anti Ukraine sentiment

You can read minds?

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