I have to admit that 'they' sounded unusual to me at first, but
that doesn't mean it's not correct English and that we shouldn't
use it. What's wrong about learning about gender neutral language
in English?
I definitely prefer gender neutral to 'she'.
That's no strawman, that's a genuine questionning.
You talk inclusivity, I'm all for it, but can we walk the talk now? 'They' is a bigger barrier to entry than 'he' for non-English readers/coders. But hey, what do I know, what is my perspective here? The stated initiative is good: the majority of users are female, the code is male-centric, can we be progressive, inclusive... But 'they' sucks. As I said, why not use "she" ?
I don't send formating and commenting patches, the QA team having quite enough on its plate already.
Philippe Blouin,
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philippe.blouin@inLibro.comOn 04/19/2017 03:20 PM, Chris Cormack wrote:
Of course we won't fail patches, thanks for the strawman. We can easily fix them instead. In fact I volunteer to do that.
You're welcome to fix grammar too, send some patches.
And of course you can vote -1 you just did. I certainly noticed it.
Chris