[erlang-questions] Coon - new tool for building Erlang packages, dependency management and deploying Erlang services

[Roman Galeev]

> I know because of I have an ounce of empathy and I know these people
already.

So, as you know these people, you've checked the name coon with them, and
they told you that they are offended, right? In this case, I think the tool
should be renamed.

On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 5:13 PM, Fred Hebert <mononcqc@REDACTED> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Roman Galeev <jamhedd@REDACTED> wrote:
>
>> The worst part of it that nobody is offended at this very moment, but
>> Fred speaks for people who could be offended, in his opinion. But could
>> they, or could they not nobody knows (except them, but they are not
>> present).
>>
>
> I know because of I have an ounce of empathy and I *know* these people
> already. I know you really really want me to have invented them but I did
> not.
>
> Maybe the same people could be offended by other words as well, how do we
>> know? And should we really care (having quite offensive names in the wild
>> already)? Should we run all possible project names through the council of
>> these people?
>>
>>
> Yeah maybe they could be offended by other names. Maybe they won't. It's
> up to the author to figure out if they want to deal with it. What I'm
> giving here is a very real warning. If the author is fine offending people,
> that's up to them, and they'll deal with it. I won't be the one defending
> them.
>
> Loic can correct me if he's wrong, but his *Cowboy* web server took its
> initial name because *cowboys kill apaches* if I recall old conference
> conversations. I think it's of poor taste, but so far Loic has not had any
> fall out or enough offended people to make any change, and he did build a
> successful business out of it. He made the call and ran with it.
>
>


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