I blame the Golgafrinchans. On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 at 10:30, Leslie Satenstein via devel < devel@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> I use 3 languages in human speech, and I have in-house three cultures. > When we talk of a person and his actions, we say he has good karma. > Karma is a feeling. Karma may be applied to groups, like a troup of boy > scouts. > > I feel that, as was noted, karma is a cold or warm fuzzy feeling. > > I prefer just "feedback", as a term. Second would be "update feedback". > > > > > Leslie Satenstein > > > > On Monday, November 11, 2024 at 11:25:53 a.m. EST, Matthew Miller < > mat...@fedoraproject.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 11:58:39AM +0100, Lukas Ruzicka wrote: > > Well, I am very sad about this step and I feel very sorry that you are > > trying to remove the word karma from the process. I believe that Karma > > denotes one of the most powerful, the most noble, and the most fair > > principles of this world, because traditionally it is above this world. > > I think this is _why_ we should change it. We don't mean _any_ of that. We > mean "does this package update look good, or does it have bugs that should > block its release". Our use trivializes the term. > > I think "update feedback" is perfectly clear and more descriptive. > > I also do not think our use of the term is particularly special to Fedora. > I'm not sure if Slashdot popularized it, or if they just absorbed it from > somewhere else, but it definitely wasn't unique when we began using it. > > -- > Matthew Miller > <mat...@fedoraproject.org> > Fedora Project Leader > > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > -- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue >
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