alt Hacker NewsThe aim is to reduce the number of users of the software who are uncomfortable with those who are gay, trans, and/or anticolonial, probably because dealing with such people is a heavier burden than the other kind.
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actionfromafar • yesterday at 6:17 PM
Seems like it might be working!
graemep • yesterday at 5:19 PM
How would a you even know whether a user was uncomfortable with any of those things? Why would someone with a particular political stance be a heavier burden on maintainers? How would you even know how someone felt - if someone reports a bug it is highly unlikely they are going to add something like "I am uncomfortable with gays" are they? Nor is it going to be in the comments in contributed code. It sounds more like that the maintainers are uncomfortable with people who are not like themselves.
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You wouldn't know my stance on the matter based on a pull request, especially not if some author didn't plaster it all around their profile.