From: Junio C Hamano Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 14:53:12 GMT Subject: Re: [1.8.0] use 'stage' term consistently Message-ID: <7vlil2zpuv.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason writes: > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> I didn't necessarily wanted to use "stage", it is "sad" because a >> new word-hunt may be needed for a replacement to "index" (as "stage" may >> not be a good word for i18n audience), and then we would need to keep >> "index", "stage" and that third word as interchangeable terms. >> >> Spliting the userbase by introducing a new form to an established >> terminology was bad enough, and making that three is worse. > > I don't think that line of reasoning makes sense at all.... > We should be picking terms that make the most sense in English, and > then translators will translate those into whatever makes the most > sense in their language. OK.