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

[Michael Gratton <mike vee net>]

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 15:19, Carmen Bianca Bakker 
<carmen carmenbianca eu>
> > I did however point out that Python has replaced uses of the term
> >  "master", and we should do the same.
>
> We should. But not all instances of "master" are equally
> problematic—that's the main debate here. I don't see anybody here
> disagreeing against replacing instances of master that are NOT related
> to Git.

Because this has been addressed several times over already. From 
tonight alone:

> This has already been covered in the original proposal under 
> objection (1) "It doesn't matter". As has already been discussed, 
> what actually doesn't matter is what you or I think, it is the people 
> who have been affected by the language we use that matter. These are 
> the people who won't contribute to GNOME because of these terms, and 
> it is the project that loses out in the end.

And:

> In any case, if you would care to actually read the diffs on the 
> Python change, you'll see that it covered a number of instances of 
> using another word for "master" when "slave" wasn't involved. It's 
> not the pair of terms that is problematic, it's either term in 
> isolation that is.

It is telling that no one is complaining about replacing uses of 
"slave" by itself alone.

//Mike

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