On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:47:08 +0100 (STD) Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schinde...@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Michal, > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:02:43 +0100 > > Senol Yazici <sypsi...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Suggestion for substitution: Assistant or assistant integrator. > > > > So now the terms sound a lot like a corporate lingo. Is it now turn for > > enthusiasts and entrepreneurs to feel excluded because git is meant > > only for corporations, and for people who had bad experience as > > corporate employees to feel offended? > > The concern that was raised is a valid one. Words can do real harm, and we > should try not to keep perpetrating that same harm. We still have language > in our very README that puts off some people, for no good reason > whatsoever. > > I find your comments quite offensive, as they seem to all try to downplay > the importance of words, when all you could say is that *you* have the > insane luck of being in a time and place where *you personally* are not > affected. But to belittle others who do not share that privilege is quite > out of line. Then please stick to your advice and do not belittle *my* concerns either. > > So let's give voice to those who have kind words, and rest our combative > language. Please do, thank you very much. > > In other words, I welcome Senol's contribution, and hope that it will > cumulate in a Pull Request that fixes the website. And so long as it is a fix that makes the documentation clear rather than trading one potentially offensive term for another also potentially offensive and even less descriptive I welcome it as well. Thanks Michal
