Re: Should the weboob package stay in Debian?

From:		Steve McIntyre <steve-AT-einval.com>
To:		debian-devel-AT-lists.debian.org
Subject:		Re: Should the weboob package stay in Debian?
Date:		Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:11:18 +0100
Message-ID:		<E1ffo6o-0003f3-4t@mail.einval.com>
Archive-link:		Article

Matthew Vernon wrote:
>
>Part of the problem, I think, is that there are just so many of these
>"little things", and that together they make up an environment that is
>hostile to folk who aren't male (and, often, white and heterosexual). If
>it was just one "little thing" then perhaps it wouldn't be so bad, but
>it's not, it's hundreds of "little things", and getting any one of them
>improved can involve a vast argument about how this "little thing" isn't
>worth getting worked up about (et seq, et seq).

Exactly this. We can improve the whole with each little thing that we
improve. The fact that a task is large, with many parts to it,
shouldn't put us off from starting it anyway. Hell, who'd have thought
a collection of volunteers could develop and maintain a complete
operating system...?

I'm sure this is a joke

Posted Nov 7, 2018 1:45 UTC (Wed) by corbachini33 (guest, #128451) [Link] (2 responses)

I'm sure this is a joke, it's just a name. If people get offended by everything it's their problem not ours. We dont need any SJW in Linux, it's fine right how it is.

I'm sure this is a joke

Posted Nov 7, 2018 3:39 UTC (Wed) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]

If people get offended, then yes - that is (prima facie) their problem.
If it results in them walking away and leaving you with more work to do, then it becomes your problem as well.
If it isn't you personally doing the work in the first place, then your opinion isn't particularly relevant.

I'm sure this is a joke

Posted Nov 7, 2018 16:22 UTC (Wed) by tao (subscriber, #17563) [Link]

"We don't need any SJW in Linux"

could just as easily be replaced with

"We don't need anyone who gets triggered by 'SJW'"

See how it goes both ways?