On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 15:24, Daniel Mustieles García via desktop-devel-list <desktop-devel-list@gnome.org> wrote:
> The next change we could discuss is about to remove daemons, parents > killing child process, zombies... > Let's not play the tiresome "slippery slope" fallacy, here, and try to stick to the topic of the naming of the default branch of the Git repositories. Ciao, Emmanuele. El jue., 25 abr. 2019 a las 16:17, Christopher Davis via desktop-devel-list > (<desktop-devel-list@gnome.org>) escribió: > >> It does not reflect on history, it is not a reference to it. >> >> >> That's not how language works. Language is years of words being assigned >> meaning. As you >> described it, master/slave terminology has the same exact meaning of a >> relationship between a >> real master and slave. 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. >> >> 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. >> >> Regards, >> Chris >> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:12 AM, Pat Suwalski <p...@suwalski.net> wrote: >> >> On 2019-04-25 9:58 a.m., Emmanuele Bassi via desktop-devel-list wrote: >> >> If you cannot maintain even a semblance of a civil discourse, the door is >> shown to you at the bottom of every email. >> >> Fine, if you want it stated a different way, the terms being used are as >> accurate as possible. There is a master process. It tells a slave what to >> do. The slave process does it, no questions asked. This is what machines >> do. It is accurate. It does not reflect on history, it is not a reference >> to it. --Pat _______________________________________________ >> desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> desktop-devel-list mailing list >> desktop-devel-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list > > _______________________________________________ > desktop-devel-list mailing list > desktop-devel-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list -- https://www.bassi.io [@] ebassi [@gmail.com]
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