This is not a political statement. This just makes you the rape gang ware guy...

But we can't ignore the political connotations. You decided that this specific statement was important in June 2026. That is a political position.

Without context this makes you sound like the nazi...

@aral @svuorela @davidgerard @prosaole

We live in an era with extreme news events, so much that we may become numb to headlines. At the same time there are still human beings behind these events who may end up using your software. It seems best to find ways to make it as comfortable for them as possible. As such if it is not commemoration, the risk is that it may be confrontational, triggering negative emotions. That would be unfortunate and I believe something you may not want either.

> 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.

But that is not the goal. You are reading a political statement into something that is just a name.

Instead you should more see it as a proxy for the date: "What was the big unpredictable thing that happened this month?" Think Wikipedia's NPOV.

I think it is clear that no sane person can simultaneously endorse all these events.

Thus it is clear that the name is not an endorsement but just a name. Nothing more.

I respect you may have a different opinion. And if it a deal breaker to you there are more than 50 alternatives here: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/parallel_alternatives.html

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.

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.

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