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=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,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 C37B2C2B9F4 for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 07:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADD506120D for ; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 07:04:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234042AbhFSHGK (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:06:10 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:55309 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S234118AbhFSHGJ (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:06:09 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E5E8C3479; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:03:57 -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:content-transfer-encoding; s=sasl; bh=1aNoNq6iUfGM ICsNwXWmFJ9utb+4LU2jzBmidPFBdTQ=; b=vYTGNCZQJZxAyVhKhLXlqQZpNB8Q k9owtsZYLXnBa2xxzjyNlrnrvphbKBLvd7mYk4TG5TPmH3rW4EHYl7EJgToIJyRP FXs5wAg3wBY7kCCtKoRgGsCNwKS24/VTSxlyjwx/Be5jDBnvvMCpPKvRkQRC8ltB KYgQJLwB9w+snQM= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A86C3478; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:03:57 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.196.36.241]) (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 D22B5C3477; Sat, 19 Jun 2021 03:03:56 -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: Sat, 19 Jun 2021 16:03:56 +0900 In-Reply-To: (brian m. carlson's message of "Fri, 18 Jun 2021 00:53:58 +0000") 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: 83D95590-D0CC-11EB-953B-FD8818BA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org "brian m. carlson" writes: > I agree that in many cases we can effectively rephrase to avoid needing > 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 middle 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 ;-) Thanks. [Reference] *1* https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbl86qtyf.fsf@gitster.g/