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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 28, 2021, 22:32 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqfsx162nu.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqr1gyjpyb.fsf@gitster.g>

Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:

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> "brian m. carlson" <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> writes:
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>> 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).

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> Thanks.
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> [Reference]
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> *1* https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbl86qtyf.fsf@gitster.g/