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

[Ernestas Kulik <ernestask gnome org>]

On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 21:38 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> After deliberately setting out to make the project more inclusive, 
> Python has reversed a five-year-long trend of declining number of
> core 
> devs and it has been increasing ever since. They have for example,
> in 
> the last three years gone from having 0 to 4 women who are core devs.
>
> They have also been successful in getting other projects to use more 
> inclusive language. For example, MongoDB initially refused to stop 
> using the term "master", but then relented after Python did so.
> GNOME 
> could be in a similar position of leadership here, since it's pretty 
> clear /someone/ needs to be the first to do the right thing to get 
> others moving as well.

To make a counterpoint: The GNOME Foundation straight up hired women to
hold positions of leadership, and I don’t remember seeing a big effort
to become inclusive. Rather, there was “just” someone generous enough
to donate big money that allowed to get people onboard and pay them for
their time.

I still, however, see what we’re doing right now as moral grandstanding
that is rather disconnected from the people in the community.