From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D24C1F5AE for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 23:22:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234549AbhFPXYs (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:24:48 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:59604 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234545AbhFPXYq (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 19:24:46 -0400 Received: from mail-ot1-x332.google.com (mail-ot1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::332]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3AEEEC061574 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:22:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ot1-x332.google.com with SMTP id 66-20020a9d02c80000b02903615edf7c1aso4219887otl.13 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:22:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to:references:subject :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BVS28wLIYj2k7XQDoj1OMeaAKqW4Bmg+uy3xoJk0Wx0=; b=BpA7uJ1sv7JiCZx+3ILv6v9+DGSWG/fExovwhpco0RtDmxQOs5rwC5sLtDQGdpV/ZK TW1o1nOPHgPqX1AHof+pYY8AC7g3SJZo1PmYhinnyWQ5TtuQ0WXUl9wi3GUBppj6bt5B VTUxmNmstxpNqLKYcAhGPBD6y1JduDplVqUF2t/wUliR0lTx7qEzaMGsdR4wGo1I6wIe rulToEnkjOC5Dr8gc0L3w0Z0BhOWxZ96MHtp1SfZ5Jl09SuoMJYHVZ0FRKNMTpEYZnWf Zv+LTWLXGgcwRD1ORoTssz4bkJIdroBwDFS+lpZ/H3TbjyhRNlHHLN7JMfJuIym8dSzi ktqA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:message-id:in-reply-to :references:subject:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=BVS28wLIYj2k7XQDoj1OMeaAKqW4Bmg+uy3xoJk0Wx0=; b=ON5VbFtrbpvOQ3AiGG6b/QqsHoc9KQ0IpRv3Ml91kd3dwlwye/CgTBt+4mv0nrJF8k 6jmaOj1P6OXcTSDx5CvBzS6zFq5nCAFcTmRyCtBmrqNIQ7oFc98cCLtk3kNqFGj6yLks scEW6RlCOHSJJQLXasoOF8g0N/43gaJJOirTG2iEyeKbNKC7+ECLn0DgzAgYZgIDPcpx N5XQy7BxJwooaeycIYrshl1nnNcaImbDfp+hfKqyNAKDZsT+EGU4qfbgWM1/lNQ++gbk 9dcxcFR1q1D0kxOVmekeMs4gCnd2S+AGxlZO/hS+gRAnxvh3DBN86XeBZISx2OG5dNRc Jljw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532ERGN4raDULm64kxowgtoIJJDCEu5bk+wjSjLnwqOaP5s5vhf1 xtj6wlwe85B7xjRbLgQaRgs= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyGDu1oQxZ/2kwdfzgvkoHBu2eO76N5dExxGVTULF7/Gbwxj36tky3sCQYyi0JS0FFzUQ0pMQ== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:2476:: with SMTP id x54mr1951308otr.293.1623885758620; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (fixed-187-188-155-231.totalplay.net. [187.188.155.231]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q11sm805141ooc.27.2021.06.16.16.22.37 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:22:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 18:22:36 -0500 From: Felipe Contreras To: =?UTF-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsCBCamFybWFzb24=?= , Junio C Hamano Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, stolee@gmail.com, jrnieder@gmail.com, emilyshaffer@google.com, Andrei Rybak , Felipe Contreras , Robert Karszniewicz , Jeff King , "Kerry, Richard" , Phillip Susi , Johannes Schindelin , Bagas Sanjaya , Derrick Stolee , Derrick Stolee Message-ID: <60ca87bca71c1_72512085c@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <87bl85y15s.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> References: <87a6nryt51.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> <87bl85y15s.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org =C3=86var Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0 Bjarmason wrote: > It just seems superfluous to me to insist on enumerating increasingly > obscure and disfavored alternatives to what we suggest as preferred > prose in our documentation. For example, we have around the same order > of magnitude of "one might" in Documentation/, I think we should > probably just fix that and move on, not forever have a guideline agains= t > overly formal or "Shakespearean language" in the guidelines. I also don't see much point in writing guidelines for something that doesn't come up often, and hasn't come up in more than 15 years of life of the project. Does not smell like an issue. -- = Felipe Contreras=