Re: my lenovo laptop
Thanks Gerardo,
I will shut up. Just wanted to let you guys know that at least this user of
your fine product could care less about the gender of your developers.
John
On Saturday, October 26, 2024 7:36:45 AM PDT Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> I get your point.
>
> The Debian project values the diversity of its members as an asset
> that can help towards its goal to make better software, but I am not
> aware that there is an explicit focus on seeking transgender
> developers specifically. There is a focus on increasing the presence
> of underrepresented groups. I have no statistics on whether
> transgender people are or aren't currently underrepresented in Debian.
> My understanding is that generally in the IT sector their percentage
> is as least as high as in the general population, and Debian probably
> makes no difference.
>
> Anyway, if you want to discuss this issue within the project, I
> believe that debian-project <debian-project@lists.debian.org> is the
> best suited mailing list. But if you're going to make your argument
> with statements like "Debian is too woke for my blood" or "too bad it
> seeks to include transgender folks", I don't think it'll be well
> received.
>
> Gerardo
>
> Il giorno ven 25 ott 2024 alle ore 17:18 John White
>
> <john@whitelawchartered.com> ha scritto:
> > I agree that peronal life choices of Debian developers should have no
> > bearing on whether to use Debian software. My bitch is with identity
> > politics generally and, more specifically, with Debian's apparent
> > decision to expressly seek transgender developers. The personal life
> > choices of its developers should have no bearing, one way or the other on
> > the developer's suitability to Debian. Its none of Debian's business.
> >
> > John
> >
> > On Friday, October 25, 2024 1:02:50 AM PDT Gerardo Ballabio wrote:
> > > John White wrote:
> > > > Our cigar lions club is using linux mint and I might decide to switch.
> > > > I
> > > > keep
> > >
> > > hearing that Debian is becoming too woke for my blood. I hope that is
> > > not
> > > the case as I have used Debian for some 30 years and it has been very
> > > reliable. Too bad such a great OS has moved so far left that it is now
> > > seeking to include trangender folks.
> > >
> > > I don't see why the personal life choices or the political opinions of
> > > Debian developers should have any bearing on whether you should use
> > > Debian software.
> > >
> > > If you believe it's a great OS why not just keep using it. It's not
> > > like you're required to allow Debian developers into your bed.
> > >
> > > By the way, Mint is based on Debian (either directly or indirectly
> > > through Ubuntu), so if you don't want to use Debian, you may not want
> > > Mint either.
> > >
> > > Gerardo
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