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=-4.0 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 BDFB41F5AE for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 17:11:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230374AbhFGRNa (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:13:30 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:33064 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230250AbhFGRNa (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2021 13:13:30 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-x532.google.com (mail-ed1-x532.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::532]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B372C061766 for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 10:11:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-x532.google.com with SMTP id r7so6871666edv.12 for ; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:11:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:references:user-agent:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version; bh=2kqowXnYDwi/TtRXHLO4CMt2VSC5aLanCfXvkJNJyDg=; b=X6buaocx6zla3PSd7G2pYgwxssO/WExBcWJ7M61rlQ+DT8uEIMR+Y24eK5S0jSclaI GEcOEQ1xvR4Cp+tOc78i1kPl9EOldaPzv+WgxbppIud/jPgX2E9Tr6tZXPEI/dyydSSZ 4cWWfPW/hKK8Vqxl/XeVhGL1GkLZMPsSMOkK5BEklRK4BJDv6KsXKVjj4Ls1j5c6X0w7 AlhSF1zAFLtRdUOjNSVH6zG0x954mPHOFEmPJgGcqD66YK3FWRyNAvw7IIgPkzyFl+gn neLgBrqPQO7UH0W3LHoA+73H6VxdqjDnZVUqDdF8g/QhjtYHLPLiiPLyaiNQ4ei+YTbF tKTw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version; bh=2kqowXnYDwi/TtRXHLO4CMt2VSC5aLanCfXvkJNJyDg=; b=MFrjfmx9UAL+sXhFyVm/yukb8KEBpDw/CrO76CPBEGX36yRLwiSwDw84a/S7BjUGyi yePlSLdZQyD3W3/NqoNtHeskvKjJZwLA1v5SUoFoTDZ7oLC56zidEscU5a+f8t4nYyjA CaJTymYQABteJt0O0hLxa7Ftwxo1Sy5BU/Y3ccqBellmQaOfspwHRj08rg2flrzed+47 ChCHoWAWJd9+OFIMSv/0Jbap9V4wwUUUFxnD/SfLaZAeir5OT+O5YW0XAsuvMOE94iJV T6z3kxAU34RTEglAtj8J0k2Lt3zEdj/yD926e2BiqR6JxfslrTPTy8s5b1mMGGp5TDlf brJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532qXJ5HcHf/WUE4p5s7i10tCMQ5CGNVrLat2gf5pSZdZswJiIFm dL8rHj/RgyYcYeTZP9/vey1uoI7ps+1Ilg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxImaEQcE/x4cji/qIqgYEyQTDasx2eJow+0IgCQ8B+5AYyg4ZtoSdxrIue+AKY9q8ySdO/Cw== X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:145a:: with SMTP id d26mr21185403edx.151.1623085896711; Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:11:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from evledraar (j57224.upc-j.chello.nl. [24.132.57.224]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id um5sm6742197ejb.109.2021.06.07.10.11.36 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:11:36 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, stolee@gmail.com, jrnieder@gmail.com, emilyshaffer@google.com, Derrick Stolee , Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 19:09:15 +0200 References: User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid; Emacs 27.1; mu4e 1.5.12 In-reply-to: Message-ID: <87eedd4n20.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 07 2021, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote: > From: Derrick Stolee > > There are several instances in our documentation where we refer to an > anonymous user as "a contributor" or "an integrator" or similar. To > avoid repeating this role, pronouns are used. Previous examples > chose a gender for this user, using "he/him" or "she/her" arbitrarily. > > Replace these uses with "they/them" to ensure that these documentation > examples apply to all potential users without exception. > > Signed-off-by: Derrick Stolee I think this is mostly an improvement, however: > .../using-signed-tag-in-pull-request.txt | 38 +++++++++---------- This is a quote from a mail of Junio's[1] (date and all). I don't think it makes sense to copyedit that after the fact without at least editing the header that indicates that it's a verbatim reproduction. 1. https://lore.kernel.org/git/7vehuyosaa.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org/