I am having a hard time reconciling the statements below.
On 10 Jul 2020, at 13:21, Bill Cole wrote:
We have no way of knowing how many people have thought less of SA because of terminology or whether any of those people might have otherwise become involved enough in the project to be contributors. [⋯]
[⋯] We cannot do much for the bigger Real Problems that intersect with ours tangentially, [⋯] Changing a few labels in the code is something we CAN do.
If ASF or the SA Project does not know "how many people have thought less of SA" – and I venture to say, doesn't know if _any_ people has – then deciding to engage in an activity that by your own admission does nothing for the "real problems" just because you can, makes little sense.
This effort is simply wasting resources – and judging from recent events, breaking code – to gain what? To claim that ASF or the SA Project are somewhat sensitive because they changed a term that has been in use for 20+ years, but still has no non-whites or women or whatever the demographic de jure is in the board?
I lived in a country where we allowed politics to interfere with technology. Things did not end well for either.
Best regards -lem
