Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Use singular "they" when appropriate

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 11, 2021, 20:38 UTC
Message-ID: <60c3c9de3482c_8d0f208ab@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <f4488360-bdaf-3e97-69c5-00087f797117@gmail.com>

Derrick Stolee wrote:

> On 6/10/2021 6:58 PM, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:

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> > The skepticism about this being needed at all isn't an opinion I hold
> > about software documentation in general, but about software in Git's
> > problem space specifically.
> 
> A change that says "don't use 'he' and/or 'she' unnecessarily" is
> important to encode as a project guideline so we can stop having
> discussions about their use whenever they are introduced in a patch.

That has historically never been a problem.

And there's no need to make it a problem.

> There is value in having this decision encoded,

But such decision has not been made.

And more importantly: there's absolutely no need to tie your correction patches to a change in the guideline.

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Felipe Contreras