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Date:      Sun, 21 Jun 2020 18:41:13 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Alexandr Kovalenko <alexandr.kovalenko@gmail.com>, Alexander Motin <mavbsd@gmail.com>, src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r362466 - in head: contrib/file/magic/Magdir contrib/tcpdump lib/geom/part stand/efi/include stand/i386/boot0 sys/dev/hptmv sys/geom/part usr.bin/fortune/datfiles usr.bin/mkimg usr.sbin...
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Hi Alexey,

On 2020-06-21 18:11, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 06:01:40PM +0200, Hans Petter Selasky wrote:
>> On 2020-06-21 17:53, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote:
>>> I wonder should we also rename Master's Degree? Would you throw
>>> away yours?
>>> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/master
>>
>> I don't see a problem if you have a main computer degree.
> 
> *facepalm*

If you got a Master's degree in South Africa under Apartheid, to many 
people that is still symbolic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartheid#Education

Apartheid is not very long ago and the people that experienced this are 
still alive.

> 
>> Actually you have a very good point. Didn't think of that yet. I
>> should be more proud of my Bachelor's than my Masters's apparently.
> 
> Hans, if you wanted to make reductio ad absurdum, that point is seen.
> Now, please revert the commit.  We are *already losing developers*
> because of all this shit and it must be stopped.  This is definitely
> not the right time to make such changes in such manner, leaving alone
> the need for the changes per se.

Really?

--HPS



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