Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules

[Pat Suwalski <pat suwalski net>]

On 2019-04-25 10:17 a.m., Christopher Davis via desktop-devel-list wrote:
> That connection is the problematic bit, because in some countries slavery
> wasn't all that long ago, and in some places it's never left or it 
> changed forms.

Doesn't change the fact that it's accurate, and is the correct computer 
terminology.

> If we want to be an inclusive project, it would be beneficial to use 
> language that do esn't scratch at scars
> when we have other metaphors we can use.

I would suggest to you that trying to be "inclusive" turns a lot of 
people off, making it overall less inclusive. ie, negative gains.

And I'm serious about that. If anything's been learned from the drama on 
LKML last year, it's that for every one person "triggered" by status 
quo, about three seemed "triggered" by forcing changes on that front.

--Pat