On Fri, Feb 23, 2024 at 10:33:08AM +0100, Mariusz Gronczewski wrote: > On 22.02.2024 11:19, Ralph Aichinger wrote: > > Hello! > > > > I know this is a loaded topic. I really don't want to discuss the > > political aspects of the "why", but just want to know the facts, i.e. > > how far this has been progressed in Debian. > > There is no good reason *why*. It's entirely US political feel-good activism > that doesn't change anything but wastes people's time. Do you actually think > pressing on brake pedal oppresses anybody ? Because it also has master and > slave > cylinder. > > All it does is wastes tens of thousands of people's time once the have to fix > every script, tool and doc piece related to it, for absolutely no benefit > aside from making some twitter activist happy "they did something". > It would *literally* break every single script that checks the status > of bonding config in system, as it is all just plain text.
+1 It is "fixing" an issue for today's English speakers. Should we scour our systems looking for similar issues in other languages ? Then in, say, 20 years time when different words will then be considered offensive, by some, do this all again ? -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include <std_disclaimer.h>
