Re: [PATCH v2 iproute2-next] ip link: add sub-command to view and change DSA master

[Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:41:24 +0000
Vladimir Oltean <vladimir.oltean@nxp.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 03:33:49PM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> > There is no reason that words with long emotional history need to be used
> > in network command.
> >
> > https://inclusivenaming.org/word-lists/
> >
> > https://inclusivenaming.org/word-lists/tier-1/
> >
> > I understand that you and others that live in different geographies may
> > have different feelings about this. But the goal as a community to
> > not use names and terms that may hinder new diverse people from
> > being involved.  
> 
> The Linux kernel community is centered around a technical goal rather
> than political or emotional ones, and for this reason I don't think it's
> appropriate to go here in many more details than this.
> 
> All I will say is that I have more things to do than time to do them,
> and I'm not willing to voluntarily go even one step back about this and
> change the UAPI names while the in-kernel data structures and the
> documentation remain with the old names, because it's not going to stop
> there, and I will never have time for this.
> 
> So until this becomes mandatory in some sort of official way, I'd like
> to make use of the exception paragraph, which in my reading applies
> perfectly to this situation, thank you.

Because it is in the Coding Style it has been approved by the
Linux Kernel Technical Advisor Board.