On 26/09/2018 06:34, Ian Kelly wrote: > Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> What I know about them is that they (and I am assuming there are >> multiple people, because there are reports of multiple reports, if >> that makes sense) are agitating for changes to documentation without >> any real backing. > > The terminology should be changed because it's offensive, full stop. > It may be normalized to many who are accustomed to it, but that > doesn't make it any less offensive.
Come on ! I have nothing to add to what Terry said: https://bugs.python.org/msg324773 Now, the bug report is still pointing out some places in the code where the master/slave terminology is misused, for _technical_ reasons. And none of us should be blinded by the non-technical motive of the bug-report. We should do what we have to do, and just let sink the rest of it. > Imagine if the terminology were instead "dominant / submissive". > Without meaning to assume too much, might the cultural context > surrounding those terms make you feel uncomfortable when using them? I couldn't care less as well. The meaning of words is given by the context. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
