On Wed, May 1, 2019, 15:24 Michael Gratton <m...@vee.net> wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 14:32, Ernestas Kulik <ernest...@gnome.org> > wrote: > > On Wed, 2019-05-01 at 21:38 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote: > >> > >> After deliberately setting out to make the project more inclusive, > >> Python has reversed a five-year-long trend of declining number of > >> core > >> devs and it has been increasing ever since. They have for example, > >> in > >> the last three years gone from having 0 to 4 women who are core > >> devs. > >> > >> They have also been successful in getting other projects to use more > >> inclusive language. For example, MongoDB initially refused to stop > >> using the term "master", but then relented after Python did so. > >> GNOME > >> could be in a similar position of leadership here, since it's pretty > >> clear /someone/ needs to be the first to do the right thing to get > >> others moving as well. > > > > To make a counterpoint: The GNOME Foundation straight up hired women > > to > > hold positions of leadership, and I don’t remember seeing a big > > effort > > to become inclusive. Rather, there was “just” someone generous > > enough > > to donate big money that allowed to get people onboard and pay them > > for > > their time. > > You may have missed then that Outreachy started off as the GNOME > Outreach Program for Women: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outreachy> :) > > The Impact section there is a particularly good read about the positive > impact of inclusivity programs, in this case, for women. >
That is absolutely true, it slipped my mind completely. >
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