From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by inbox.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39D964252B; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 21:40:03 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8C54402B4; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 21:40:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f178.google.com (mail-pl1-f178.google.com [209.85.214.178]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB5FA402A9 for ; Wed, 6 Sep 2023 21:40:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f178.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1c1e780aa95so1253585ad.3 for ; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:40:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1694029200; x=1694634000; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=Xp7bKkq8l6ct48PjlZQI0xf2ya+bRpOPOFeUMwkNKNE=; b=Wgt8KCuo4NgxjU6mGtzYnPyZVU0FqrQ/1xKVmrrT2RZfkam9IiHizCHS312kFKLuX2 q9iArB5gXaWVrGxbEvfikIIs2VMKlNFO8CIACgbvQ1J/ydF0zeo2daqiFcc29I4sdxEe vNhB2M2GYmb3kMVFm82rVa3ab0jltKWkvdqFBMjCF3bRKjnkFz8nKpTl8aheTavHl+aR oarvqsXowFxcRLlMALEzA+Z0HPYXiD/qAWSnpnrU37BgpwD6ShmzY1obHaRhjyC38qpD Ws505EwMW0ouUPhhIcGWFh3asSgYuSFDkV93Y7iM8FNdhSOYaq1Na/PtPIWObJxN2qwn LY0w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20221208; t=1694029200; x=1694634000; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=Xp7bKkq8l6ct48PjlZQI0xf2ya+bRpOPOFeUMwkNKNE=; b=RUyaR7qgaA7YqZzMot0g6I7rccBIMGB//EUG1gUL+P/kpWhHAFBU3zBtj3moyDaQ7B bdudQZO+wnwAXlrQt3ZzEBSvuSRy6LO+4BS2oTsvgFf2b08RIHclwatAU71qsGxiBrML 8f6W6hmnoNWJ+T+Oi81QRJdaMzbc4EcPCZWUJ3fyudkC8w9vRbfvsOqlIdqLnPHWcLUg p1WP1hTmOo5pYou3XCtI3gDtu0a72jd4BaXFFEB/LqHyTi1hid4ZWYjiflZX/D+zyr1F r1XHafpsJNY5hDOuk+Q/iKUpG/2jxIFDI2lc7Z9QoLOBHpRn8nFFSy3jK6WE/ouCiV7T gx5Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yz4xz8cyEXWMPoiEwkqldehVvM0XZjE26OW9nY/7jUnCrPztYkL l2Ig95llxaGUqGKorlM6RjEq1r6dL+4aDIQdkSY= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHEFI/4DX1TyLA9W7mLk3tyf/1LmZSjczaW+Aul1PGfIBSnfSoDyUxn25WMFy+1VwMXi6XSBw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:26ce:b0:1bd:f1ae:309d with SMTP id jg14-20020a17090326ce00b001bdf1ae309dmr14828447plb.9.1694029199814; Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hermes.local (204-195-112-131.wavecable.com. [204.195.112.131]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j9-20020a170902758900b001bde12178b4sm11367788pll.33.2023.09.06.12.39.59 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 06 Sep 2023 12:39:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 12:39:57 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort Message-ID: <20230906123957.6a011244@hermes.local> In-Reply-To: <846708806.0ifERbkFSE@thomas> References: <20230818025249.33994-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <20230818174537.290222-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <846708806.0ifERbkFSE@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:49:14 +0200 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > I don't feel the rationale should be followed here. > If there are better terms, why not. > But really, "abort" is not only medical. > And banning this word may be felt as a political position, > which is not what we want. > > I am OK to replace if there is a better word in some contexts, > but we should not make it forbidden. There are two overlapping reasons behind this. First, any reference to abortion in the US is a political hot button. Therefore the recommendation is to avoid the term. The other reason is that the term may raise some negative feelings from people that have had to have an abortion. According to the etymology sites and dictionary sites I looked at the term comes from a strictly medical point of view: https://www.etymonline.com/word/abortion https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/abort It looks like the secondary meaning in computer science came later. It would be best if the term could be avoid if possible.