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=-4.3 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 A95FC1F5AE for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 03:16:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230023AbhFJDQY (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:16:24 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:61578 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229914AbhFJDQR (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:16:17 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 142B5C03F3; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:11:10 -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=teR7hLpvtSZcS3s2oUdda3vQ30dT/JwJ8MbHc8 gFZg4=; b=VhAW2JfAzNbaQ4dVb9We99Cm91c87FLQIrBLU4GTHRNNezA/w6qqfc Tjb5OOnftm5ZT5EabBHR1qvCxh3z5L6jCDEZr9VesNew6oONa0dcXc6Y3vhgw602 MqQ+p2yC4lgRZWYhIBavBTWr79W2Cqj+C9P4WqFYVn8HBScEKFsEo= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BC5EC03F2; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:11:10 -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-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8D111C03F1; Wed, 9 Jun 2021 23:11:09 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Kerry, Richard" 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 1/4] Documentation: use singular they when appropriate References: Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:11:08 +0900 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:21:10 +0900") 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: 80F9FC7E-C999-11EB-BDEE-FD8818BA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano writes: > "Kerry, Richard" writes: > >> Or: >> >> `Reviewed-by:`, unlike the other tags, can only be offered by >> a reviewer when they are completely satisfied with >> the patch. It is offered only after reviews by >> reviewers who are known to be experts in the affected area by >> the community members. >> >> Sentence one uses singular they to refer to one of a pool of reviewers. >> In the second all items are plural. > > Yeah, it reads well, I'd think. Actually, I take half of it back. The first sentence can talk about reviewers (not just a single reviewer), which would naturally match the pronoun "they", which would be even better. After all, more people looking at patches is a good thing ;-)