uberpackager rename (was Re: The Big ACL Opening)
Horst H. von Brand
vonbrand at inf.utfsm.cl
Tue Oct 21 16:24:28 UTC 2008
Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at chello.at> wrote:
> David Woodhouse <dwmw2 <at> infradead.org> writes:
> > No, I'm offended by the idea that a common root used in many geek words
> ... by ignorant Americans who are unaware of the true meaning of that
> term!
So? It is not /that/ far off the true meaning in any case.
> > can so easily be declared 'unclean' and eradicated. This is political
> > correctness at its worst, and I find it horrifically offensive. And
> > that's a _current_ issue, not one from the previous millennium.
> The current issue is that it makes Fedora look ignorant.
There might be bad political overtones for some, but ignorant?
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