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 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 BEC1FC49361 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A11BB61241 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:30:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232305AbhFPJc3 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:32:29 -0400 Received: from cpanel8.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.3]:46346 "EHLO cpanel8.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232222AbhFPJc2 (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:32:28 -0400 Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.107.13]:40504 helo=fedora) by cpanel8.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1ltRsL-000AKl-Tu; Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:30:20 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:30:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" To: Junio C Hamano cc: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?=C6var_Arnfj=F6r=F0_Bjarmason?= , 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 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <9217211e-aa26-c1c9-2528-a29b93ff174e@crashcourse.ca> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-229061633-1623835820=:4611" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel8.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel8.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel8.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-229061633-1623835820=:4611 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Wed, 16 Jun 2021, 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 look forward to the renaming of "git" to something more innocuous and palatable because, somewhere, someone could conceivably, hypothetically, theoretically take exception to it. seriously, can we start a second mailing list where people want to talk about, you know, version control? rday --8323328-229061633-1623835820=:4611--