RFC: Conscious language in the Binutils

[Ian Lance Taylor]

On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 4:03 AM Alan Modra via Binutils
<binutils@sourceware.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 03:46:28PM -0700, Jeff Law wrote:
> > Sad and disappointed :(
>
> Yes, me too.  I probably should have just left it at "I oppose this
> nonsense".  And you all could write me off as an uncouth Australian
> without any racial sensitivity, which would be fine by me.
>
> As it is, apparently someone complained to an IBM VP about things I
> said in this thread.  So it seems one of my co-workers dislikes me
> enough to cause trouble for me with my superiors, or the VP is not
> telling the truth.  Which is certainly an "interesting" situation to
> be in.
>
> I'd still object even if I knew that would happen.  I don't see
> banning certain words as a trivial matter of politeness.

Very sorry to hear that.  That seems clearly inappropriate.

Ian