https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=422496
--- Comment #9 from Nate Graham <n...@kde.org> --- (In reply to mpykpwkp from comment #8) > (In reply to Nate Graham from comment #7) > > It's not up to KDE to decide who *should* own and controls a given piece of > > territory. Rather, our maps show who *does* control it. > I think we can improve the situation by marking such territories as "claimed > but not controlled". > > By the way, the data for Ukraine needs review to reflect the current > situation of Crimea. > > How about following United Nation's Resolutions when available (and if not > available, show who does control the territory)? > For this option, Crimea will be marked under Ukraine (UN General Assembly > Resolution 68/262), and Taiwan will be marked under China (UN General > Assembly Resolution 2758). Seems to me like we should follow reality rather than what the world's governments would prefer reality to be. China does *not* control Taiwan, so it doesn't make sense to mark it as disputed or a part of China. If China wants for Taiwan to be a part of China, it will have to acquire Taiwan through diplomatic or military means. Similarly, Ukraine no longer controls Crimea after losing it in a war with Russia, so for all intents and purposes, it is a part of Russia now. This is obviously not what the Ukrainian governments would prefer, but that's what happens when you lose a military conflict: somebody else takes some of your stuff. If your neighboring countries are unfriendly or hostile and you don't want them to take your stuff, you need to be willing and able to defend that stuff from military conquest. It sucks, but that's how the world works, and has always worked, and probably always will work. I'm sure many KDE contributors have strong feelings on these events and situations--especially those who are geographically close to the territories in question, or who live inside them. However as for KDE itself as an organization, it's not its place to pass judgment on any of this, just to faithfully record the current state of reality. It's up to other people in other organizations to change that reality if they don't like it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
