From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A7AD4C48BCF for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 07:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7694361002 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 07:17:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230285AbhFMHTV (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2021 03:19:21 -0400 Received: from mail-ej1-f51.google.com ([209.85.218.51]:45908 "EHLO mail-ej1-f51.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S230136AbhFMHTV (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Jun 2021 03:19:21 -0400 Received: by mail-ej1-f51.google.com with SMTP id k7so11074793ejv.12 for ; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:17:08 -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=Ihu9YUXKwsYe2vyCQhniU0wopGvWxw0/GPCa55YK5vw=; b=gXHU4xcPJQbJ7qLKyim2yoL7j/xQzy52RcLIKCQuyEuQ1MdAE9h7bbJUE5vFCgddRo L89Leh8H2BLL5yeKRkj1PrQs1RtJ9i9JYqYqMnJQLx6BSOKyABdw8hVLFT6bxoFQ3VL5 Qw/JvHhdpo4jeXz8iDd4Gx6YC/cGXd8qUs6JPcjp93pKce4K/FYEIiIxvANU3wi+44DQ 7madDSoqM7lXJ5rSTtGSTzs0kHNspSRcJWm7ItlxDgcwUhJxiuHrja9IzB4VZ1lIftkR 1CoD70flHY4zONlwCdswHFNukHa4YW5v54+JLb56aP+wkwBrqbnYLbN2ZhG61jeyjSEc ODHQ== 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=Ihu9YUXKwsYe2vyCQhniU0wopGvWxw0/GPCa55YK5vw=; b=LwGg3DMCV9ep25n76PO/9S/dbjZjBTl3Aj3jikZK4R+Eyt5rXSzfDfsWIP/UZvx+kp o3+lPiOlCNSCl0sd9IQijxiAKFu6V5NJBrATh6plQwoUh5F7yXuiLLEt5gFcWhSD+8Gq IrrzGxh7kxOtKQiir3vXmQ3mgG5uWRfzwsx2MdgoPNJrRHm9wUcykTuptlQuFd7PKKuR MKqpQl+X9i1bHB+MnxzcI5EGiVhkF19YYzBaHhXIet/vdg/toe1Ov1OUXmDTABOBXSu2 2Vtqd4Now5B6668pTSVVDmjrAEXRxm6H6e+ePnBGzMuUHYoDl3yZG2Od87/rx1qMSs50 DZ+Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533D3PsL/2OzJ7q9BGum0BROuh19jZHXCR8it3FbU3uME1kzEupF 3VDtHwiLIxmN5mwZCUdm2yI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyhgupctbrFzm1euTggkGguU0DvXZWG+VLJ2i4Cai8M/Mp38rnsfBBVMWA9s2Gx+iyq12fcFw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:906:b294:: with SMTP id q20mr10323641ejz.382.1623568567575; Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:16:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from evledraar (j57224.upc-j.chello.nl. [24.132.57.224]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id j22sm4141282eje.123.2021.06.13.00.16.06 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:16:06 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: Felipe Contreras Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano , Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2021 09:15:01 +0200 References: <20210611202819.47077-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid; Emacs 27.1; mu4e 1.5.12 In-reply-to: <20210611202819.47077-1-felipe.contreras@gmail.com> Message-ID: <87k0my1bgp.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 11 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote: > The latest solution looking for a problem [1] is to use the actively > debated among linguists singular "they" [2]. > > Leaving aside the linguistic intricacies that not all singular "they" are > equal [3], and the overwhelming sentiment that these kinds of political > discussions don't provide value for this community [4], the "issue" can > be easily solved by simply using different wording. > > - The reviewer herself > + The reviewers themselves > > Problem solved. > > Cheers. > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/git/pull.975.git.1623085069.gitgitgadget@gmail.com/ > [2] https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2013/01/singular-their-affront-good-writing/319329/ > [3] https://ahdictionary.tumblr.com/post/147597257733/updated-usage-note-they > [4] https://lore.kernel.org/git/87wnrooa17.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com/ > > Felipe Contreras (2): > doc: avoid using the gender of other people > comments: avoid using the gender of our users This looks good to me, especially the reduction in verbosity in hunks like: - * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context pointer, - * which can be used by the programmer of the callback as she sees fit. + * parameters to the callback, `strbuf_expand()` passes a context + * pointer with any kind of data. The comment gives you the same information, but now it takes a shorter time to read it.