> > > I don't understand why so many people assume that such a field would > > > be public if it were added. > > > Public as opposed to, seen only by DD? Public as opposed to seen only by > > the db admin? > > I would assume this would be a field only visible to DDs, like most fields > in the DB that contain personal info.
This is at least how I proposed it when I did so during the question part of the d-w talk. And, as Erinn already stated, the intent "behind" the proposal was just having a way to get statistical data, in a more precise way than just counting people we "know" are women. We should remember that d-w is about "getting more women in Debian". At least, the possibility to just count and see whether this primary goal is achieved or not should be seen as of some importance..:-) The gender/sex argument was raised just after I proposed this, as well as the "if we have a gender field, why not a race/religion/whatever field"....both being actually very valid arguments, which explain why I didn't really insisted on this topic and currently have a very "shared" opinion about this being or not a good idea...:-) Anyway, it triggered an interesting discussion here, so it is finally not a so bad idea.. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
