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Re: Bug#1014908: ITP: gender-guesser -- Guess the gender from first name



Edward wrote:
>Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Oh, not *another* package that tries to guess things from names.
>> 
>> Do you have a real use for this package? There are a *lot* of issues
>> in this area, and mis-gendering people is not something to risk
>> lightly...
>
>I can add a warning to the package about problems guessing things from names,
>or I'm happy to retract the ITP.

At the very least I think a warning would be useful, yes.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"We're the technical experts.  We were hired so that management could
 ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs."  -- Mike Andrews


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