From: Felipe Contreras Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2021 15:25:08 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they Message-ID: <60cb6954deab4_1305720874@natae.notmuch> In-Reply-To: <5755690e-ef13-e12c-4b10-9cb303ae843a@gmail.com> Derrick Stolee wrote: > On 6/16/2021 8:09 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > ... > >> The references to "gendered prounouns" etc. are gone, perhaps there's a > >> good reason to re-include them, but the point of "isn't that issue > >> solved by recommending an orthagonal approach?" is one of the many > >> things Stolee hasn't been addressing in the threads related to this > >> series. > >> > >> To me that whole approach is somewhere between a solution in search of a > >> problem and a "let's fix it and move on". Not something we need > >> explicitly carry in our CodingGuidelines forever. > > > > This I think is the crux of the differences between you two. I'd > > love to hear Derrick's response and eventually see a middle ground > > reached. > > I disagree that removing gendered pronouns and updating the > guidelines are orthogonal. We already know that. We are waiting for an *explanation*. Why? -- Felipe Contreras