Genuinely interested: How are gender identity, race, ethnicity, etc. of any relevance in Open Source Projects? Is this a regular topic of discussion besides the code?
They are relevant due to the "people" aspects of projects, as in, the collaborative aspects of the project. I am guessing you are pulling that line from the code of conduct portion of this post. They specifically mention having a committee of several people from different backgrounds so that the can better assess potential breaches in the code of conduct.
As for if this is a regular topic of discussion besides the code, that obviously varies wildly, but I believe it's being discussed more these days.
If you look at some other stories, specifically "Text Rendering Hates You" and "Text Editing Hates You Too", working with non-English languages in text is tough, and it gets harder the farther from English you're working with.
Considering ethnicity is the only way to prioritize issues like that.
ssully|6 years ago
As for if this is a regular topic of discussion besides the code, that obviously varies wildly, but I believe it's being discussed more these days.
will_pseudonym|6 years ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contributor_Covenant
twoquestions|6 years ago
Considering ethnicity is the only way to prioritize issues like that.
Odenwaelder|6 years ago