Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] CodingGuidelines: recommend singular they

> Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> 
> > "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> 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 Ævar 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 ;-)
> 
> Well, I misspoke.  If the list reached a consensus while I was away,
> then that would have been a happy outcome, whether it was close to,
> or vastly different from, the one I suggested.
> 
> In any case, I haven't even started to try catching up with the list
> traffic last week, so hopefully I'll see soon enough what you folks
> decided (or not).