From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
To: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Cc: dev@dpdk.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 16:03:57 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230906160357.6c63dcaa@hermes.local> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20915743.0c2gjJ1VT2@thomas>
On Wed, 06 Sep 2023 23:19:23 +0200
Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> wrote:
> 06/09/2023 21:39, Stephen Hemminger:
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2023 18:49:14 +0200
> > Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net> 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.
>
> Sorry that you live in such a country ;)
>
> > 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.
>
> Forbidding the word may be understood as the opposite reason.
> That's why I think we should not forbid the word officially.
With word choices, it is important to get an answer from the person most
likely to be impacted. I.e what would a politically active female in US
have to say. Let me ask around to see if it matters.
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Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-08-18 2:52 [PATCH 00/14] remove use " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 01/14] jobstats: change jobstats_abort to jobstats_cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 9:08 ` Bruce Richardson
2023-08-18 16:10 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 02/14] all: remove use of word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 4:04 ` Honnappa Nagarahalli
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 03/14] pipeline: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 04/14] net/vmxnet3: replace abort() with rte_panic() Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 05/14] event/dlb2: remove word abort in comments Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 06/14] net/vdev_netvsc: replace use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 07/14] net/netvsc: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 08/14] net/ionic: remove word aborting Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 09/14] net/bnx2x: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 10/14] net/mlx5: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 11/14] net/softnic: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 12/14] net/mlx4: remove word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 13/14] sfc: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 2:52 ` [PATCH 14/14] net/axgbe: replace word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 01/13] jobstats: change jobstats_abort to jobstats_cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 02/13] all: remove use of word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 03/13] pipeline: remove use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 04/13] net/vmxnet3: replace abort() with rte_panic() Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 05/13] event/dlb2: remove word abort in comments Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 06/13] net/vdev_netvsc: replace use of term abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 07/13] net/netvsc: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 22:26 ` Long Li
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 08/13] net/ionic: remove word aborting Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 09/13] net/bnx2x: replace abort with cancel Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 10/13] net/mlx5: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 11/13] net/softnic: " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 12/13] net/mlx4: remove word abort Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-18 17:45 ` [PATCH v2 13/13] net/axgbe: replace " Stephen Hemminger
2023-08-30 16:49 ` [PATCH v2 00/13] Replace us of term abort Thomas Monjalon
2023-09-06 19:39 ` Stephen Hemminger
2023-09-06 21:19 ` Thomas Monjalon
2023-09-06 23:03 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
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