Re: db.debian.org (and related infrastructure) updates
Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net> writes:
[gender entry in db.debian.org]
> Whats the use for such data? for postal mail? For gift giving? I've yet
> to see anyone in cyberspace address someone as 'genderqueer' or
> 'male',YMMV.
Preferred pronouns is the reason I've usually heard. Although the field
as constructed currently doesn't help for people who prefer zie/zir or
sie/sir.
(Since this sometimes sparks a long debate and as this is drifting
off-topic, I won't respond to any discussion of alternative third-person
pronouns on the mailing list, but I'm happy to discuss the topic privately
with anyone who had never heard of such things before and is curious.)
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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