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

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2021, 07:03 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqr1gyjpyb.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <YMvuprVu1MnokHM5@camp.crustytoothpaste.net>

"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 ;-)

Thanks.

[Reference]

*1* https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbl86qtyf.fsf@gitster.g/