On Sep 24, 2013 2:37 AM, "Thijs Kinkhorst" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, September 23, 2013 14:46, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > Did you tag them 'gift'? > > https://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/GiftTag > > This may just be me, as it's very personal, and no offense intended at > you, but I really detest the name 'gift' of that tag and that prevents me > from using it. > > Tagging something 'gift' gives me a really condescending association, > where the Big Maintainer has been so kind to hand out a 'gift' of doing > work to the little newbie who should be grateful to receive it. Because > these are the connotations of the word gift to me: that people should feel > happy to receive it, while actually we should be happy if people do work > for the project. > > I realize this is absolutely not your intention in naming this tag and > also that it's highly subjective matter. I'm raising it only because it > prevents me from using it. If it's just me, than that's that.
Its not just you - while I appreciate using a word other than bitesized or low-hanging-fruit, I tend to get the same slightly off putting feeling about "gift" Not to bikeshead. T > > > Cheers, > Thijs > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >
