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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED 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 2904EC48BE5 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:02:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05C926128C for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 21:02:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S233857AbhFPVFB convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:01 -0400 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:37275 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S233678AbhFPVFB (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:01 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (cpe00fc8d49d843-cm00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [173.33.197.34]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 15GL2pJD069645 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:02:51 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Felipe Contreras'" , "'Junio C Hamano'" , "=?UTF-8?Q?'=C3=86var_Arnfj=C3=B6r=C3=B0_Bjarmason'?=" Cc: , "'Derrick Stolee'" , "'Jeff King'" , "'Bagas Sanjaya'" , "'Robert Karszniewicz'" , "'Emily Shaffer'" References: <60ca66304a0a0_6027208c8@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <60ca66304a0a0_6027208c8@natae.notmuch> Subject: RE: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:02:45 -0400 Message-ID: <011201d762f2$f82522f0$e86f68d0$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQKQdLJNuDdAxnnS9qG6xGti+zIwfwImV/ffAVqPygOpiPSZ0A== Content-Language: en-ca Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org >From: Felipe Contreras >Sent: June 16, 2021 4:59 PM >To: Junio C Hamano ; Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason >Cc: git@vger.kernel.org; Derrick Stolee ; Jeff King ; Felipe Contreras ; >Bagas Sanjaya ; Robert Karszniewicz ; Emily Shaffer >Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples > >Junio C Hamano wrote: >> Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: >> >> > I suggested in [1] that the "alice" and "bob" examples in our >> > documentation would be better written without a reference to such >> > fictional characters, for reasons that have nothing to do with >> > trying to bend over backwards to avoid any reference to people's >> > gender. It just makes for better documentation. >> >> I actually do not mind cast of characters with concrete names, >> especially when there are more than three parties involved and having >> names for them help clarify the description. But I agree with you >> that Alice and Bob should be reserved for situations where appearance >> of Eve would reasonably be anticipated, or the use of these two names >> become distracting to those who happen to be aware how these >> characters are often used in CS literature. >> >> Perhaps s/Alice/Tabby/ and s/Bob/Fido/ or something like that ;-)? > >I don't know anybody named Tabby or Fido (or at least any human). > >Maybe Mary and John, or Linda and James. Stevie, Jan, Pat, Chris, Randy, and Sue (if you're a Johnny Cash fan) I have used some of those in docs.