Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 15:26:51 +0200 From: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> To: rgrimes@freebsd.org, Warner Losh <imp@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r362422 - head/sbin/dump Message-ID: <3bab2cbf-c221-7d18-5257-2d3971975558@selasky.org> In-Reply-To: <202006201110.05KBAZBU099451@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> References: <202006201110.05KBAZBU099451@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On 2020-06-20 13:10, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: >> Author: imp >> Date: Sat Jun 20 04:19:17 2020 >> New Revision: 362422 >> URL:https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/362422 >> >> Log: >> Increase the whimsy in this file by famring dump's work out to minions. Adjust >> variables accordingly. Thankfully, we are able to do this without additional >> banana expenditures. > This flys in the face of its intent and as a "commit" is more > racially biased than the code was! > Hi Warner, Maybe a stupid question, but is this the correct meaning or description of minion? https://www.google.com/search?q=minions minion; plural noun: minions a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one. "he gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off" "Minion" is still a person, like "slave" is, so I must say I agree with Rodney about this, I don't see how this makes it any better? Can you explain? --HPS
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