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Debian Diversity statement accepted

Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 4, 2012 22:58 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
Parent article: Debian Diversity statement accepted

Great! It feels like a big hug but it is not touchy-feely; soft but not bland. Good job!


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Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 5, 2012 5:07 UTC (Tue) by nowster (subscriber, #67) [Link]

It's saddening that the situation has arisen that it has been felt necessary to take this vote to affirm that which I assumed was implicit about the project.

Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 5, 2012 6:23 UTC (Tue) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

What made you feel necessary to affirm this motion?

Did people start abusing newbies more then usual on Debian IRC channels or something?

Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 5, 2012 7:34 UTC (Tue) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

It doesn't seem to talk about bullying others. Only about how people define themselves and that it doesn't matter.

Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 5, 2012 9:54 UTC (Tue) by sebas (subscriber, #51660) [Link]

That can actually be a sign of the diversity the statement wants to encourage. (Not necessarily a good sign, though.)

Debian Diversity statement accepted

Posted Jun 5, 2012 18:48 UTC (Tue) by hmh (subscriber, #3838) [Link]

Nothing of the sort.

It is just that, in order to publish anything in the name of the entire project that is not of a strictly technical nature, the Debian constitution requires a GR. Otherwise, either the DPL or the press team would just have issued the very same text as a simple public statement.

The threads to come up with the final version of the text were rather civilized, simple, and moderately sized. Most disagreement was of the sort "but we already do this anyway, do we even need to issue an statement to that effect?"

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