On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <suma...@panix.com>wrote:
> -----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. > I agree. It's a slur, and we'd be better off with a different name. Meg Ford > > >> 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 >
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