the new gnu parallel release name does not just have a rape joke in it, it's literally the name of a racist report by one far-right UK MP calling non-whites rapists.

[endlessmason@hachyderm.io]

@zzt @nickzoic @ilmari @Bredroll @scy @davidgerard@circumstances.run
It is a large perl program.

[tarix29@tech.lgbt]

@davidgerard I simply can't imagine a real human typing in that name and thinking it was fine to use. Absolute insanity.

I know an alternative to gnu parallel exists, but maybe making another would be a good exercise

[ophis@brain.worm.pink]

@lunemercove @davidgerard @zzt ok but be careful or wizards of the coast might sue

[bredroll@mas.to]

@EndlessMason @zzt @nickzoic @ilmari @scy oh god

[chaoddity@mastodon.social]

@davidgerard what is "gnu parallels". I know what gnu is. Dont know what this is tho.

[claudi@darmstadt.social]

@davidgerard While I think you’re absolutely right in calling this out, they have named releases Manning, Floyd and Friday for Future, too. Which one might count against the extremism/dog whistling theory. I’d assume good faith and tone deafness.

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@davidgerard @usernameswift @ajn142 Bloody hell.

[esoteric_programmer@social.stealthy.club]

@aral @davidgerard @usernameswift @ajn142 what the hell? really horrible thing to wake up to today

[svuorela@helvede.net]

@froztbyte @davidgerard @aral @usernameswift @ajn142 @fasterandworse

He is @prosaole here. He works for 'Prosa' - one of the bigger IT-specific employee unions in Denmark and has done for like more than a decade.

It is 15years since I worked with him, but maybe he changed over the years; I'm at least a bit surprised. I also think it is a decade since I last met him.

also: https://fsfe.org/news/2012/news-20121112-01

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@svuorela @froztbyte @davidgerard @usernameswift @ajn142 @fasterandworse So, @prosaole, what the fuck, dude?

[dzwiedziu@mastodon.social]

@davidgerard
GNU Nazis Use

[jschwart@mas.to]

@davidgerard I initially thought it would be something similar to the Epstein files, so shocked to learn this is actually from nazis. I asked about it on the FSF member forum.
It certainly seems against the GNU Kind Communication Guidelines.

[qesuto@infosec.exchange]

@davidgerard WTF. Who the hell thought this could be even vaguely appropriate? Also, when K8S 1.30 was released codename "uwubernetes" there was a public uproar, while I found about this from your post...

[froztbyte@mastodon.social]

@svuorela ah ty, I read their about page and seem to have parsed the org the wrong way

[tange@social.data.coop]

@aral @svuorela @davidgerard @prosaole

Did you read https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/20th-birthday.html

> Each version also carries a code name. The name is inspired by current events. https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?group=parallel

The list includes Mamdani, Støjberg, Al-Aqsa Deluge, Arrest Warrant, Aylan Kurdi, Friday for Future, Boko Haram, Bataclan, Roe vs Wade.

In other words, events that received international attention that month, without me taking a position on them.

I believe this month's name also lives up to that standard.

[raphaelmorgan@disabled.social]

@davidgerard just because it's mainstream doesn't mean it can't be based in white supremacy (especially in situations like this where an obvious white supremacist was involved). White supremacy is about as mainstream as it gets

[lunadragofelis@void.lgbt]

@davidgerard @zzt damn, I googled* lemonparty…

* = using a non Google search engine though

[jschwart@mas.to]

@tange @aral @svuorela @davidgerard @prosaole in general it is quite commendable to remind people of events/people outside of the IT sphere that should not be neglected/forgotten and deserve attention. I looked over several names and I think they do fit that purpose as one can easily figure out the context and truth behind them.

In this case however, it is not easy to figure out what is behind the name and my initial searches let to the report itself and did not provide the right context. As others mentioned it can also be seen as a nazi dog-whistle.

We should pay attention to white-supremacy and all the horrible things coming from there, but that does require context such that people understand what is going on. In this case I think the risk is big that someone will find this report itself and not understand its origin and purpose. It would be right to find a way to address this. Misinformation such as this report and nazism are very dangerous and should not be underestimated.

[davidgerard@circumstances.run]

@tange @aral @svuorela @prosaole and yet, out of all the month's events, you chose the nazi dog whistle

[csepp@merveilles.town]

@eldersea @zzt @davidgerard Almost certainly decades at this point.