Dear Maintainer,

The 'kraut' filter contains the salute "Sieg Heil!", which was used by
the Nazis and is considered offensive (it's even a crime in
Germany). Please remove this and replace it with "Naturlich!", as in the
following patch (see also the commit message of the patch for more
info):

Hi Joey,

I am not entirely sure whether you are still actively maintaining
filter, but I wanted to reach out directly as this concerns the upstream
sources as well.

There is an issue in kraut.l that affects not only the Debian package
but also the upstream archive. The file contains a salute that is
illegal in at least one jurisdiction, which raises concerns from a
distribution and licensing perspective. From the Debian side, this means
we cannot easily address the problem with a simple downstream patch.

To better understand and evaluate the situation, I prepared a cleaned-up
upstream-style snapshot and pushed it to Git [1]. This version fixes
kraut.l and also drops the Debian directory, as the package has been
maintained as non-native for quite some time. This is not meant as a
replacement for an official upstream release, but merely as a reference.

I would very much prefer to import an official upstream version rather
than carrying our own variant in Debian, in order to stay properly in
sync. For that reason, I wanted to forward the issue to you and ask
whether you would consider addressing it upstream.

Kind regards,
   Andreas

PS: On a more personal note, I hope you are doing well. I missed seeing
    you at several DebConfs. ;-)

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/games-team/filters/-/commit/9621f20423c6df343aaad4dd37e57f12f195b144

Andreas Tille wrote:

I've tagged a release.

I also decided to stop maintaining filters.
(Actually I clearly stopped maintaining it 10 years ago, not that anyone
seems to have needed any changes.)

Hi Joey,

Am Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 02:35:30PM -0400 schrieb Joey Hess:

Thanks a lot for the prompt response.  That's very helpful.

I confirm this is my impression in principle (with the said exception
which might hopefully not occure again for the next 10 years).

Kind regards
    Andreas.

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
filters, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 987810@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org> (supplier of updated filters package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:52:56 +0100
Source: filters
Architecture: source
Version: 2.56-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Andreas Tille <tille@debian.org>
Closes: 987810 1124277
Changes:
 filters (2.56-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 .
   * New upstream version removing quote which is illegal in some countries
     (Thanks to Asher Gordon)
     Closes: #987810
   * Maintain package in Games team
     Closes: #1124277
   * d/watch:
      - version=5
      - Use Git mode
   * Standards-Version: 4.7.3 (routine-update)
   * debhelper-compat 13 (routine-update)
   * Remove Priority field to comply with Debian Policy 4.7.3 (routine-
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   * Secure URI in copyright format (routine-update)
   * Remove trailing whitespace in debian/changelog (routine-update)
   * Remove trailing whitespace in debian/copyright (routine-update)
   * Use secure URI in Homepage field.
   * Do not Build-Depend dpkg-dev
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