[OT] master/slave debate in Python

Kirill Balunov kirillbalunov at gmail.com
Mon Sep 24 16:40:22 EDT 2018


пн, 24 сент. 2018 г. в 22:46, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:

>
> The trouble is that making changes like this with a view to
> eliminating the words "master" and "slave" from all docs and comments
> (rather than making them to improve clarity and accuracy) opens up the
> leverage that SJWs need. "Hey, you changed that because we hate
> slavery - now you'd better eliminate all references to 'black' because
> we hate racism". So clear boundaries need to be set.
>
>
It seems to me that the word "black" has immunity in the next two Python
releases ;)  So do not worry so much!

But honestly, it's not pleasant to see how such holy things spread into the
world of OSS, and this is apparently only the beginning.

With kind regards,
-gdg



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