Re: [PATCH 0/6] doc: replace "alice" and "bob" examples

> On Wed, 16 Jun 2021, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> 
> > Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason  <avarab@gmail.com> 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?