misc/155385: geli manual

Lena mirto at riseup.net
Tue Mar 8 23:00:19 UTC 2011


>Number:         155385
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       geli manual
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Mar 08 23:00:18 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Lena
>Release:        8.2 release
>Organization:
CSOA La Talaia
>Environment:
any
>Description:
There is a phrase in geli man pages that I would classify as sexist:

     "Create an encrypted provider, but use two keys: one for your girlfriend
     and one for you (so there will be no tragedy if she forgets her
     passphrase):"

The problem I see is that this kind of statements (transmitting implicitely that System Manager is a male and his girlfriend is stupid) can give really negative image of freeBSD community, also it is possible that female users feel ofended and withdraw from using this OS. As a female user of free software, I have to say that being treated without prejudices is rare in IT communities, integration is difficult and surely this kind of behaviour does not help.
>How-To-Repeat:
man geli
>Fix:
1#
     Create an encrypted provider, but use two keys: one for your partner
     and one for you (so there will be no tragedy if he/she forgets his/her
     passphrase):

2#
     Create an encrypted provider, but use two keys: one for your partner
     and one for you (so there will be no tragedy if the partner forgets his/her
     passphrase):

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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