Should HIDEGAME really be the default?

[David Mazieres <dm_(_at_)_extreme-discipline_(_dot_)_lcs_(_dot_)_mit_(_dot_)_edu>]

Given the fact OpenBSD source and snapshots are readily available, and
that someone could easily ftp a private version of any of the games in
/usr/games/hide, does it really make sense to hide the games by
default?

It also seems as though in almost any situation except maybe a big
time-sharing system for 1000 sudents reading E-mail, people wouldn't
really care about when to allow games.

Why do I care about this?  Well, I don't care that much--except that
I'm setting up a number of OpenBSD machines which update themselves
via sup.  Since the /usr/gmaes stuff is not readable, I would have to
special-case it.  I was about to special-case it when it occured to me
that the game hiding might no longer really be relevant.

If people want to keep it for sentimental/historical reasons, though,
I can understand... :-), though I'm not actually advocating removing
dm, just making the default not to hide the games.

David