Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
To: "SZEDER Gábor" <szeder.dev@gmail.com>
Cc: Senol Yazici <sypsilon@googlemail.com>,
	Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
	"Randall S. Becker" <rsbecker@nexbridge.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, msuchanek@suse.de, jpyeron@pdinc.us
Subject: Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:58:00 +0100 (STD)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.1902191547510.41@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190219100136.GO1622@szeder.dev>

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Hi Gábor,

On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote:
> > 1. Dictator
> > Concern: "Bad" connotation.
> 
> "Benevolent dictator" is a well-established term in open source
> projects, and it has an inherently good connotation.

It is a well-established term, alright. Does it have an inherently good
connotation? No, absolutely not. Every time anybody calls me the BDFL of
Git for Windows, it annoys me, to say the least.

And yes, when I pull out my generous self, I can give you that the
*intention* was funny. But to some, it is not funny at all.

Besides, in our field we had pretty established terminology for a long
time. It was the *architect* who had the final say over what goes in and
what stays out. And the respective team leaders were responsible for
respective areas of the code, trusted by the architect.

> > Further, "googling" dictator does not give Linus as a result in (at
> > least my) search (bubble).
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life
> 
> > Suggestion for substitution: Principal or principal integrator.
> 
> These are poor substitutions.

I agree that those are poor substitutions, but shooting down without
giving better alternatives is a poor way to reply ;-)

Ciao,
Dscho