linux-kernel - Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML

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Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:57:02 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	ksummit-2013-discuss@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...ux.intel.com>,
	Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>, stable <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
	Chris Ball <cjb@...top.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:19:34PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:08:31PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:49:23PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > > On 07/17/13 15:02, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 07:40:43AM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > [ ... ]
> > > >>
> > > >> The result: 75% of their developers are women.  If you give a flying
> > > >> fuck about diversity, and want to attract women to your open source
> > > > 
> > > > The f word is considered highly offensive in some cultures. Granted its use is
> > > > now far more spread than it used to be, but it seems interesting to me that you
> > > > of all people use a word which I personally would never use at all, much less
> > > > in front of a woman. Sounds like a contradiction to me, especially when you use
> > > > it while arguing for a more civil discussion.
> > > > 
> > > > Do you think you need to use that word to make a point ? If so, why do you want
> > > > to take that right away from others ?
> > > 
> > > Thank you for your comment.  (seriously)
> > > 
> > > and Dave Miller's as well.
> > 
> > The USA social conventions have changed quite significantly over the past
> > 50 years, haven't they?  But that is OK, the younger people on this list
> > will likely have the opportunity to experience far greater changes over
> > the next 50 years, especially given increasing fractions of people's
> > life experiences being publicly recorded.  It would be interesting to
> > see how they react, but I probably won't be around to witness it.  ;-)
> > 
> My kids use the word all the time, and look at me with an odd face if I point out
> that it is not a nice word to use (for me). Several people I know and respect
> seem to be unable to say a sentence without using it. So, yes, I am aware that
> times are changing, and that my cultural context is different than that of the
> culture I am living in. But that isn't the point here.

Heh!  If I were to ask each of the N participants in this thread what
the point was, would I get fewer than N different answers?  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

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