Comment by theroff@aussie.zone on SerenityOS and LadyBirds: Because These Things Shouldn't Hide in Closed Git Conversations

Found this blog post and found it had more insight into the issues around the dev and the toxicity in FOSS

There have been many improvements in making documentation more inclusive across the IT industry which shouldn’t be scoffed at. The first that comes to mind is changing “master” and “slave” to “primary” and “secondary” (or “replica” etc.) because references to slavery is inconsiderate to many.

I don’t think pile-ons are productive, but I think inclusive language and thinking is important.

You must construct additional pile-ons.

I know. I just put it there for those readers not necessarily in the know.

And I specifically thank you for it. I didn’t know there was a meta reference going on. Upvoted @ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com for excellent joke craft on account of it

Ah gotcha I thought you were correcting my spelling haha. My mistake!

How about when there are folks who have been harmed by people with agendas?

They’d prefer their code or commentary to be inclusive, not exclusive?

I don’t understand the point you’re trying to make

Imagine you have been purposefully targeted for harassment or excluded from activities in the past due to your preferred pronouns or perceived gender. Seeing “he” with that context would likely feel excluding, which is a reason someone without an ‘agenda’ would want to see it changed.

someone … would want to see it changed

So, by definition, “someone” has their own agenda.

It’s worth understanding that “agenda” has a negative connotation. In this context, it’s used as a dogwhistle against women and queer people.

By definition, an agenda is “a program of things to be done or considered” which does not equate to wanting to do something. It more closely resembles a daily planner or task list.

So in as much as you and I have an “agenda” when we get out of bed, you are right, the person submitting the PR did likely have an agenda of waking up and going about their day. There isn’t a ‘woke agenda’ at play here, however, as the person I replied to seemed to imply.

If it’s free and open source and it’s also software, it can be discussed here. Subcommunity of Technology.

This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

SerenityOS and LadyBirds: Because These Things Shouldn't Hide in Closed Git Conversations - ░ Nova Online(cmdr-nova.online)

Free and Open Source Software

!foss@beehaw.org

Community stats

Community moderators