On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:12:04AM +0300, Lynoure Braakman wrote: > On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "Our priority is our users" might have originally been "Our priority is > > our male users", not that I think Dev's did it intentionally. So any > > attempt to add a 'wishlist' feature in a way that makes our software > > more inclusive of 'all' of our users, sounds like a great suggestion. > > While it is nice to be able to choose the main character gender (and other > features, as I don't identify well with thin blondes either) it seems weird > to jump into that conclusion. I mean, books nearly never allow that choice > at all, there is just both kind of books and no one goes "Eeek, they are > discriminating against women by having a male protagonist". > > In my opinion, the best way to go about it regarding the game mentioned > would be for a technically savvy woman to make a patch allowing gender > choice. Are you suggesting making a fork with the gender option or trying to get the patch submitted and accepted upstream? I think the latter is what other folks suggested. -K -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal |mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/| | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keyserver: subkeys.pgp.net | my NPO: cfsg.org | |join the new debian-community.org to help Debian! | |_______ Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _______|
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