From patchwork Wed May 2 06:26:43 2018 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Ondrej Bilka X-Patchwork-Id: 27071 Received: (qmail 3165 invoked by alias); 2 May 2018 06:26:52 -0000 Mailing-List: contact libc-alpha-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: libc-alpha-owner@sourceware.org Delivered-To: mailing list libc-alpha@sourceware.org Received: (qmail 3155 invoked by uid 89); 2 May 2018 06:26:51 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-22.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL, BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_EXCESS_BASE64, GIT_PATCH_0, GIT_PATCH_1, GIT_PATCH_2, GIT_PATCH_3, SPF_NEUTRAL autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=nine, individuals, foreign X-HELO: popelka.ms.mff.cuni.cz Date: Wed, 2 May 2018 08:26:43 +0200 From: =?utf-8?B?T25kxZllaiBCw61sa2E=?= To: Richard Stallman Cc: Carlos O'Donell , libc-alpha@sourceware.org, aoliva@redhat.com Subject: Re: [rain1@airmail.cc] Delete abortion joke Message-ID: <20180502062643.GA4804@domone> References: <5d2af1ce-b1ed-c10f-bbbb-d7716a6d4ffa@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 11:10:53PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > The problem with the joke is that it touches a difficult and complex > > topic, namely abortion, and this could be a trigger for certain > > individuals causing them to relive a traumatic memory. > > It is not the joke that might lead people to think about abortion -- > it doesn't refer directly to that -- but rather the name of the > library function, "abort", which is documented there. > > Therefore, if you think that this is a real concern, let's put a > trigger warning at the start of the section. I propose thus text: > > Warning: this section contains function names that might perhaps > provoke unpleasant memories for some readers. We suggest readers > use their discretion about whether to read further. > > A GNU manual, like a course in history, is not meant to be a "safe > space". It is meant to address a subject. It must cover the function > "abort", just as a course in Renaissance history must cover witch > trials and the inquisition. > > However, there is no reason not to include the trigger warning if that > is of service to people. > > Whether the joke is included has no effect on this issue. > > Giving birth is far more traumatic than having an abortion, so we > might want to put a similar warning in sections that mention child > processes. > There should be following warning * manual/process.texi: Warn about disadvantages of child process diff --git a/manual/process.texi b/manual/process.texi index b82b91f..6709e19 100644 --- a/manual/process.texi +++ b/manual/process.texi @@ -283,6 +283,10 @@ The child doesn't inherit alarms set by the parent process. The set of pending signals (@pxref{Delivery of Signal}) for the child process is cleared. (The child process inherits its mask of blocked signals and signal actions from the parent process.) + +@item +Warning: creating a child could take up to nine months and could consume all +your resources. @end itemize