Ted, (please stop referring to me as Nicolas) the phrase you criticize was an answer to "maybe this belongs elsewhere", not "a conditional that I take as a rhetorical device".
I assure you that there is good intention from me here, BUT I would also like to point out that you construct a strawman of what I said, which is a typical "bad intention" move, and I could claim that you left out "IF..." to make your point more strongly. On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:04 PM Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nicolas, > > It seems like your thread is thus: > > - somebody used the acronym EDI instead of D&I, possibly because this is a > common element of jargon > - it turns out that E commonly stands for Equity > - you asked about Equity in the context of Apache > - you got a partial answer from someone who claimed not to be an expert > - you conclude that "the desired outcome is not understood" (phrased as a > conditional that I take as a rhetorical device) > > This seems to be a very strong conclusion to be drawn from such a very thin > broth of fact. > > To me, other conclusions that might be drawn: > > - the use of EDI was simply an echo of usage in other communities and has > very little reference > > OR > > - the use of EDI was unintentional and, in fact, erroneous > > OR > > - the usage was intentional, but there is a well understood meaning in this > group (by people other then Ken and me) > > > With so many possible interpretations, it seems premature to draw any > conclusions about this, especially if we are guided by assuming good > intentions as we should. > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020, 9:31 PM Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 12:45 PM Kenneth Knowles <k...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > I am far from expert in either the problems or solutions. I think this > > list > > > is probably best for identifying problems and working towards > solutions. > > > > > > > If the desired outcome is not understood, how can problems be identified > > and solutions found? > > >
