-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/08/2013 01:53 PM, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote: > On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 10:02 -0700, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: >> We are looking into changing our irc server name from >> irc.gimpnet.org to irc.gnome.org and looking for feedback. > > I think you mean irc.gimp.org or irc.gimp.net. > >> Essentially, it's become problematic to have 'gimp' in the name >> of our server. To many, 'gimp' is an offensive term an given >> our dedication to a11y it seems counter-intuitive to have this >> name in our infrastructure.
100% agreed; "gimp" is a slur and it's embarrassing to mention it when helping new people get into GNOME. >> The proposal is to make irc.gnome.org be an DNS A record and we >> will continue to honor irc.gimpnet.org as a CNAME for one year >> in which case we will then remove it altogether. >> >> Other than the name of the server being changed and possibly any >> associated certs I do not forsee any other impact. Folks will >> have to change the name of the server they connect to, software >> like XChat will need to update their config files of default IRC >> servers to reflect the change. > > I think we can promote irc.gnome.org, but I do not think it is our > call to remove any domain or subdomain associated with GIMP > project. Did you ask to GIMP folks what do they think? > > Anyway, if you make the change, you should change irc.ca.gimp.org, > irc.us.gimp.org and irc.au.gimp.org as well. > > Also, the change would be meaningless if the network name and the > welcome message does not change. At the end of the day, in XChat > you choose the network you want to join, not the domain name. > That is the visible part most of the days. Yes, we should also change the network name and welcome message. - -- Sumana Harihareswara http://www.harihareswara.net/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJRirzqAAoJECR5sh+1fa+csrIP/0nQcmTGt0orNc3kWJ7Dp24g EB48sN7RogmIGD8IJbWSfA4G9k9ICLIqCFn+mqhfdRzUXPg2r5wiYcsbC8LTpnqA qw/Nrks4B6MGlbml0BoVF17rkOUuS61OBm6JuES6DSyCySzIcEUCbZ1nCzIaKApk wiL2vsGoQUtKWIWdN7zoLiq1LUL0KLsg/F7bOrZs3UfcHm7I1c43QZpgPXtt90UH eNfh/CHqsfJB3G50/73OSLOs3G+gwmhYsi0pJBQx0hlkakoolxK2LMDO4uvlrCxc 3te9uSbPCDrtVXhwAn/WVM/osbhuW9TUL+yWzU4oEkXzRO9lq03Auvi7NoGDJ7bX tsV9Ht2g/XJUkmpRX8e5X5NijL4ow4jA13Pez+U4MJFScxrl9YoM1zC1nuUUrSpi 3PZsD0pYEItNzFznQ6RKSLs5i3p539QODFJ2C86HjAYeB0V2jMdQCAbUrrqLwvxY vFLsq7PR/fJbivDXcNNLpL9MlMec7Y9tnwbWMCjP7PsJt1kP3SWmewL1Kll7ihD0 btHivR8MtFeacGYitJZN7Kh0Oo3WNPD24xaK4hbZ1xTsqXteFuCxfHo+RGb4RiXh sWo9GWXY9pTE1xAwok6m21zJ3VY1QzN6kSB1FX0vrn1uc2Q0f4DQrRv+QMiCMxOs VQ7ZgEG0UWLlM3FknH33 =qy9F -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list