Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules

[Michael Gratton <mike vee net>]

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 14:32, Ernestas Kulik <ernestask gnome org> 
wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 21:38 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> >  After deliberately setting out to make the project more inclusive,
> >  Python has reversed a five-year-long trend of declining number of
> >  core
> >  devs and it has been increasing ever since. They have for example,
> >  in
> >  the last three years gone from having 0 to 4 women who are core 
> > devs.
> >
> >  They have also been successful in getting other projects to use more
> >  inclusive language. For example, MongoDB initially refused to stop
> >  using the term "master", but then relented after Python did so.
> >  GNOME
> >  could be in a similar position of leadership here, since it's pretty
> >  clear /someone/ needs to be the first to do the right thing to get
> >  others moving as well.
>
> To make a counterpoint: The GNOME Foundation straight up hired women 
> to
> hold positions of leadership, and I don’t remember seeing a big 
> effort
> to become inclusive. Rather, there was “just” someone generous 
> enough
> to donate big money that allowed to get people onboard and pay them 
> for
> their time.

You may have missed then that Outreachy started off as the GNOME 
Outreach Program for Women: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outreachy> :)

The Impact section there is a particularly good read about the positive 
impact of inclusivity programs, in this case, for women.

//Mike

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