Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:29:40 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not been giving equal rights to males and women over the past years. The fact that our male /

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Jérôme Marant
Selon Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Does it bother you that the Project seems to be predominantly Christian (as in most developers come from a Christian background)? Why not? Given that the project is a global one, don't you think Buddhists are under represented? Hindus?

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Jérôme Marant
Selon Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not been giving equal rights to males and women over the past years. The fact that our male / female participation ratio is much

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 05:46:57PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:29:40AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not been giving equal rights to males and

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 11:00:08PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:29:40 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not been giving equal rights

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:47:45AM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Selon Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not been giving equal rights to males and women over the past years.

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 05:50:46PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:41:33AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: What is left unexamined in all these discussions is why Debian (as a project) should be doing anything to tackle inequalities? Because there's a whole pile of

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-08-07 12:55:27 +0100 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How about statements from the people who have decided not to participate because of the culture? How many would convince you? Is anyone planning to build data in a referenced way from these? Otherwise, it feels like DDs

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:56:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:41:33 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:47:51PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: Or is the contention that there is some barrier to involvement by women (and only

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Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-08-07 13:11:55 +0100 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you think that changing our culture to be less confrontational would be beneficial to encouraging participation by multiple groups? Excellent. Yes, but I'd like to see metrics for this and the data gathered. We can all

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 22:11:55 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:56:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:41:33 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 01:47:51PM -0400, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: Or is the

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:38:53AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: The free software world has always benefited from selection pressure and competition between opposing solutions; when some thing does not work as you like, you are encouraged to change it to your liking, and if there

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-08-07 18:54:18 +0100 David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Think of it as a gateway list that supplements, but does not replace, lists like -mentors. If you'd read the FAQ[0] you'd see that this is a goal of the -women project. Are posts which should otherwise go to other

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:37:40PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: Don't assume there are stairs preventing the wheel-chaired person from getting onto the basketball court; SHOW THEM to us. The fact that few wheel-chaired people are into playing basketball with normal people Talk about language

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:49:35PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:47:45AM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Selon Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Evidence. I would like to see evidence that Debian has not

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Jonathan Walther
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:55:27PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: The burden of evidence is on you. I'd like to see your proofs. How about statements from the people who have decided not to participate because of the culture? How many would convince you? Our culture is our own. Every entity

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Peter Samuelson
[MJ Ray] Are posts which should otherwise go to other lists accepted on -women purely because they involve women? It looks that way from yesterday's list description and past activity. Is that your real concern? You should breathe a sigh of relief when you learn that the goals of the

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:11:33 +0200, Michael Banck [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:38:53AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: The free software world has always benefited from selection pressure and competition between opposing solutions; when some thing does not work as you

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Manoj Srivastava
On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:55:27 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 05:50:46PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:41:33AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: What is left unexamined in all these discussions is why Debian (as a project) should be

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Michael Banck
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 04:26:01PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: Far as I can see, the mailing list has been created by a bunch of volunteers who have an itch to scratch; and while I may not always agree with the decisions taken, or the scoping of the effort, as always people who do the work

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 04:32:06PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:55:27 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 05:50:46PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:41:33AM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: What is left

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 02:42:17PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote: On 2004-08-07 13:11:55 +0100 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you think that changing our culture to be less confrontational would be beneficial to encouraging participation by multiple groups? Excellent. Yes, but I'd

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:38:53AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 22:11:55 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:56:49PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 10:41:33 +1000, Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 01:13:31PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:49:35PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 10:47:45AM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: Selon Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, Aug 06, 2004 at 10:29:40PM +0200, J?r?me Marant

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 01:07:25PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:37:40PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: Don't assume there are stairs preventing the wheel-chaired person from getting onto the basketball court; SHOW THEM to us. The fact that few wheel-chaired people

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 01:16:52PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:55:27PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: The burden of evidence is on you. I'd like to see your proofs. How about statements from the people who have decided not to participate because of the culture?

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 12:54:29PM -0400, Christopher M. Hagar wrote: On Sat, 7 Aug 2004 21:43:06 +1000 Matthew Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The culture of the project may be causing us to drive away Africans and Hindus, yes. If so, I think we should consider it's effect and whether

Re: Debian, lists and discrimination

2004-08-07 Thread MJ Ray
On 2004-08-07 22:24:12 +0100 Peter Samuelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [MJ Ray] Are posts which should otherwise go to other lists accepted on -women purely because they involve women? It looks that way from yesterday's list description and past activity. Is that your real concern? [...] I