From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C0CA1F5AE for ; Wed, 24 Jun 2020 01:14:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2388161AbgFXBOm (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:14:42 -0400 Received: from whinis.com ([198.205.115.165]:55082 "EHLO whinis.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2388029AbgFXBOm (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:14:42 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whinis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA6B47C513D; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:14:40 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=whinis.com; s=mail; t=1592961280; bh=DxnExhv1DB5KPFIUVL1SE/1TfuBcKRQzAAT6vaC9RhA=; h=To:Cc:References:Subject:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=uhfOkzl5yv0HmBJutkGetpznhi79LD5OikNzP9o/Jz0CWcnewPnNY6+RLMUjv5M49 OC2Qw4PiZrEHC5WEkY5t/D2P2dA3bV+AaGDjYRysJ7fDjVGSuB4+sfXBVPJ0U0Jdku 7dnug9aV0dWwv2kFS3Pxzsh4oGLyvwzRQB4vDp38= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at whinis.com Received: from whinis.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (asgard.whinis.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id dKfdYmr0nyCo; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:14:39 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.117] (c-73-139-109-188.hsd1.fl.comcast.net [73.139.109.188]) by whinis.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5BD077C511B; Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:14:39 -0400 (EDT) To: gunnar.liljas@gmail.com Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, simon@bocoup.com References: Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) From: Whinis Message-ID: Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 21:16:40 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Excellent post but I think your post also missed one other possible downside. Excluding developers afraid of politics becoming more important than technical development in projects just as many developers did and left python after their change.