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,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 184971F5AE for ; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 18:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230494AbhFGS6h (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:58:37 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com ([173.228.157.52]:57910 "EHLO pb-smtp20.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230409AbhFGS6h (ORCPT ); Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:58:37 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B48BB132729; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:56:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=NwTBuddhCIeAiauUmrKSXHj8J7J8QH7LqWRdFP K5mBw=; b=ZyAeCRPkkxlFmIcFc6lVxa3XeDY09/qyhBv4q1F4JAhJ51gf4qL8i+ 8Yhv2bMeRiEmrM/0XwszA/0Qpv8VaI89dK9XkN1tNmoz0RC0j0cLmmjbmx81YF/i +vjnyY60lQ2P2q5h0/ON1188CKwN4bQNigzgQVbHW/ktb83G8ODT0= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACEC6132728; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:56:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.196.172.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 004DE132727; Mon, 7 Jun 2021 14:56:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" Cc: 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 References: Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2021 03:56:41 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget's message of "Mon, 07 Jun 2021 16:57:48 +0000") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 197DADBC-C7C2-11EB-B7AF-D5C30F5B5667-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "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". > + When referring to an anonymous user, use singular "they/them" pronouns > + as opposed to choosing between "he/him" and "she/her". Do not use more > + complicated constructs such as "he or she" or "s/he". This recommendation > + also applies to code comments and commit messages. Short and sweet.