It might be worth reminding folks of
https://www.openssl.org/community/conduct.html which says
"We strive to be an open and inclusive community where anyone can contribute."
- Dan
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 11:02 AM Donald R Laster Jr <don_sfw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Having just noticed the last 4 or 5 emails related to this thread I have to say this is classic political correctness garbage.
Don
Dan Kegel wrote on 07/04/2020 11:35 AM:
> Likewise. Thank you, Rich!
>
> When this issue came up in Buildbot 5 years ago, there was a fair bit of... discussion, see
> http://trac.buildbot.net/ticket/2340
> The resolution back then was to rename 'slave' to 'worker', which was a LOT of
> work, and seemed to satisfy everybody at the time.
> It came up again recently, see
> https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/issues/5382
> and they're now looking at whether and how to address the word 'master'.
>
> Not having noticed this discussion in openssl until today, here's my two cents as an openssl user:
> I think an incremental approach is fine, clean up the most offensive word or two
> first, and then see where things land. And if it can't start immediately, that's
> ok, it took buildbot a while to come up with the needed consensus and
> elbow grease.
> - Dan
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 11:10 PM Eliot Lear <lear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:lear@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
> Can we please put the knives a way? Rich has given a lot to this
> community. As an openssl user, I'd rather the conversation moved along.
>
>
>
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