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Date:      Sun, 21 Jun 2020 19:04:22 +0200
From:      Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org>
To:        Alexandr Kovalenko <alexandr.kovalenko@gmail.com>
Cc:        Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, 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 Alexandr,

On 2020-06-21 18:54, Alexandr Kovalenko wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 21, 2020 at 5:41 PM Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> How is this relevant?
> 
> Please let me know when you will find "slave boot record". Until then
> - please revert the commit.

Because the people I am referring to never got a chance to write any 
boot loader at school.

> 
> Also, I would recommend you educating yourself on the meaning of the
> word "context".

I didn't steer this commit discussion into the "Master's degree".

> 
>>>> 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?
> 
> Trying to be funny does not add you more credibility.
> 

--HPS



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