There's nothing wrong with being inclusive. Buildbot
was not harmed by removing the word 'slave' from
its codebase.
- Dan
On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 12:33 PM Donald R Laster Jr <don_sfw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan,
The words "slave" and "master" have no negative or positive connotations in relation to software or even hardware. They are simply description of the purpose/function of the software or hardware.
As I said this is nothing but classic political correctness. People need to stop being offended at things which are not offensive. This is no different than someone getting offended at the use of the words "servant" and "master", or "boss" and "employee", or "parent" and "child". Changing the software and documentation simply because someone does not like the use of appropriate terms is a waste of time. And likely to create problems in the future due to changes that serve no purpose.
Don
Dan Kegel wrote on 07/04/2020 02:09 PM:
> 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 <mailto: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> <mailto: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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