On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 08:46:35PM +0100, Alexander Wirt wrote: > On Wed, 11 Dec 2019, Sam Hartman wrote: > > TL;DR: Treating people with respect is hard and very contextual. > > Choosing to change how you talk about something to make people more > > comfortable doesn't always mean you were obligated to make that change. > > Sometimes you're just promoting connection. > *snip* > today I had to write a bunch of mails in my role as one of the listmasters. > To be honest, I had better things to than doing that.. I want to remember > *everyone* on list (and of course on all other lists to) to follow our Coc [1] > and the l.d.o additions [2]. Beside of those formal things, I ask you all to > come down. Please remember, in the end we are just doing some stupid thing > like a linux distribution here. There are so many more important things like > a technical discussion. I don't know if this is what you intended, but it reads to me like you are saying here that a technical discussion is more important than Martina's concerns about transphobia in our community and trans people having their identity denied. I disagree and would consider that an unacceptable position for a Debian listmaster to take. > Thanks for your attention and please forgive me any usage of bad wording > or typos. I'm certainly happy to do this if that's what it is. But given the severity of the implications of the possible misinterpretation, I would ask that you please clarify. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer https://www.debian.org/ slangasek@ubuntu.com vorlon@debian.org
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