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=-3.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,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 8CE261F5AE for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 08:39:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S229715AbhFJIlM (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:41:12 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:49899 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229980AbhFJIlL (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:41:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1623314343; bh=hRHyGvZLWKFdjHFIYOX0OyL7XB7/0qV/Xu/8pQLBqR0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=T/mOOxihV7cidyhiIWSag3PvJE16oE0zLv6YRh01VRPNhIJRHJO9VK8U4xKkHQA9Z 8ibGCP1BHGF7QtPRSFOHDcU4HSDvoNWhihwZ5uE9o0aLXvBKm7usUcjey6klf19Zc2 +xtk/PXzy4buqcMBmDBeFKJFCEI+Ww+Ga6OW3BR8= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [172.24.14.142] ([89.1.213.18]) by mail.gmx.net (mrgmx004 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 1MlNtP-1lTll40G1l-00loPx; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:39:03 +0200 Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:39:01 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@gitforwindows.org To: Junio C Hamano cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, stolee@gmail.com, jrnieder@gmail.com, emilyshaffer@google.com, Derrick Stolee , Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:+RVEYLJuhpJeM1h/WDpXIrYqpdxzYu5tIS5uULwYq3gojp+w/fo BZmiRLEDadcL6d6Ya3+U1qfP7OyAyBFYIKaR3F2/cg8JEW2eCfFmZF5Sb8ltOiqc+OyiRo3 9euUbecd+7SFK83sSu9LIGa5938PFrMKVUtSacV3kTkxSTbZwi9cwohrEjjL9AYfjN6d+Wj zs0LMVGyynZeHP/qIUj3g== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:5qj+njV2IJk=:hiy0kq1cFcXUViwIOyxlOJ PvePwKTroHTtnuG+J+KM6SrtzcZy9zdHCrs+eO76uv2V2q4Ip2NdHteDoxYQuYxfNlFFpUBYz S2pXeBO/kBTmVA29QBkD+Ch0LWpwX0eFKyFEVu1rlrrpTrPU8IWaxOk04Ksqv6C3oDv1lqrOf Nx5ZahsgdkY9NWnNjxqQqgL6aq+2YTRPWvoFmGPhxaz2jEXSXeC8r5qUD4EzIXRIVuDEnBpwT qrI7YXx6MmTtG6J3x7LW0pyy8SfBV5k2MHIiSPAHsoxFGNARpBeUMuiTo4ahmPN7RMc2xWejq r8B0nGkEGI0fu5M2BQevyv3SJxqj2W0Q+srvJAAr4aTnHt80z8Svf3MisAglpBZA7NA5+wPvE LxTTsJiSJRHs61jNRZbpVQiyj86X6ju/LbPGKowH1Wa0SecAnFCOcOzXSM9KuolZoJ6G5C0yf H5OuXbNcmRORFq/VbK8NLZIBG3Bcn6LGWwF8mRpZLJY3F+Hr9ZWp5UTlAX7o01vhzXKgSyFx8 re930uhsnHREmWjqZtmYBE9V15T2mnAoLk7jrv14j/l0ZsEBx7Ky+GGHF1rkCuXjctJP1Cd38 fggISzHrrgU4Hzw8XhjxT+GZAGFUk44+CYFPJX7i9Q8gQOFu4MQPMIjvfWGJUz9PMcf7FFTkQ hFzKjjBzS119zxjh8RZ57cbcr3Ph1yl01Zy9dLxYhbSNvazC+jpFCl2bT9TOQz0EDi6IJTp9a beSnR5WQ04GzYbujUzej4DXDZsczwLgPXFlf9AWjWB/jGLq4w4dMSb67aBsYpLhfxg5RztT3Q 97XQD6uJlBC27FweZtqNc4ue2NkLLxBpLdcDcwzOdcLECoLBKsItxjPtl0QEhKa2VztDvCTEa upjjjapRJQn69am8C77EhLBz5u6smGsd++jlnVI/6da7Jea1PBPRXI6v0jNdhRg4mVgLywAMB WrnbjGDl9gT1EeHsAIGeVlJxEEg9i60v9BuUdxOlqhQ7HhHb50n8ZWREekuHBVkJMq/WxlKID xsA5wOKGfkOqcu3Mwqadhj7BJLuIJRnwk640XZlHn/JvlhGqIkhHs2iLJkqYxqqzlmEsBJ2dG KYCld9GNat7jFjFFcXVsY/+NoRTJ8e1Iu3OmQyjKpAOy6uG/hlfsyEnMQ== Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Junio, On Tue, 8 Jun 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" writes: > > > To futher justify singular "they" as an acceptable grammatical concept= , > > I include the careful research of brian m. carlson who collected their > > thoughts on this matter [2] (lightly edited): > > The use of "their" here I found going overboard, given that (1) it > is outside the topic of this change, where you are not referring to > a non-specific person, and (2) as Brian's siglines indicate, the > preferred pronouns for the particular person you are referring to is > "he/him or they/them". For your record, while I sometimes mention that I use "he/him" to refer to myself, I promise I will never be offended if you refer to me via "they/them". ;-) Ciao, Dscho