From: Derrick Stolee <stolee@gmail.com>
To: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
"Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>,
"Derrick Stolee" <dstolee@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] comments: avoid using the gender of our users
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 09:31:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <94ce6d7d-f923-edb3-12f5-4b11149c9f6f@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210611202819.47077-3-felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
On 6/11/2021 4:28 PM, Felipe Contreras wrote:
> We generally avoid specifying the gender of our users in order to be
> more politically correct, but sometimes due to lack of time and/or
> creativity a few slip by.
s/politically correct/inclusive/
Instead of "lack of time and/or creativity" perhaps be more
generous to our fellow contributors and instead say...
but sometimes a few slip by due to habit.
> @@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ int parse_expiry_date(const char *date, timestamp_t *timestamp)
> /*
> * We take over "now" here, which usually translates
> * to the current timestamp. This is because the user
> - * really means to expire everything she has done in
> + * really means to expire everything that has been done in
nit: s/has been/was/
We can be a little more active here.
-Stolee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-15 13:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-11 20:28 [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 20:28 ` [PATCH 1/2] doc: avoid using the gender of other people Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 13:28 ` Derrick Stolee
2021-06-15 16:30 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-11 20:28 ` [PATCH 2/2] comments: avoid using the gender of our users Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 13:31 ` Derrick Stolee [this message]
2021-06-15 14:16 ` Paul Smith
2021-06-15 16:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-15 16:36 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-12 1:17 ` [PATCH 0/2] Avoid gender pronouns Bagas Sanjaya
2021-06-12 1:39 ` Felipe Contreras
2021-06-12 23:24 ` Robert Karszniewicz
2021-06-13 7:15 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2021-06-14 1:27 ` Junio C Hamano
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