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=-3.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,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 3540F1F8C6 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 22:33:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234395AbhF1WfP (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:35:15 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:64973 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S236462AbhF1WfI (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:35:08 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D9A7D29FD; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:32:39 -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:message-id:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=wgX5Oez32IIoIb4DEPbBxrgk/ u83cB66pQDB7af6xRI=; b=i+Smcj8qVg84+DHuyFPmi9jHRTmDWTHTaHtx2tckc k364oHcIw+kDM+sPMmPOVosG7ZniWuDrCD+bbKNgPI46S84TFQbYVGOkD9Fpk69h ngwI0efzuG1HbaF3PdWoIoQR4Lakwztb6A5QErEtZW0YG55uzlc9jkQ5F1ZZ27H9 yQ= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BD6D29FC; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:32:39 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.3.135]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 63234D29FB; Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:32:38 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "brian m. carlson" Cc: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason , Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget , git@vger.kernel.org, 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 Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they References: <87a6nryt51.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> <87bl85y15s.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2021 15:32:37 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Pobox-Relay-ID: BE31097C-D860-11EB-ACCF-FD8818BA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: > "brian m. carlson" writes: > >> I agree that in many cases we can effectively rephrase to avoid needin= g >> to do this, but if we acknowledge that sometimes we will need to write >> using third-person personal pronouns in some cases, it's worth >> documenting what those should be. > > I think we've heard enough from both sides and there probably is not > misunderstanding among the folks, even though there are differences > of opinions. > > I would like to consider that the last draft I did [*1*] based on > earlier suggestions by Derrick and =C3=86var would be a reasonable midd= le > ground. > > I'll go mostly offline next week---I'd notice if the list came up > with a vastly different concensus when I come back, but hopefully > not ;-) Well, I misspoke. If the list reached a consensus while I was away, then that would have been a happy outcome, whether it was close to, or vastly different from, the one I suggested. In any case, I haven't even started to try catching up with the list traffic last week, so hopefully I'll see soon enough what you folks decided (or not). > Thanks. > > > [Reference] > > *1* https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbl86qtyf.fsf@gitster.g/