Le Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:45:04AM +0900, Charles Plessy a écrit :
>
> While preparing the patch, pease take them into account the
> package-specific practices documented by the maintainer in
> url="&url-debian-policy;ch-source.html#s-readmesource">debian/README.source.
> If your NMU is
Le Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 07:55:02PM -0300, Stefano Zacchiroli a écrit :
> --- pkgs.dbk.orig 2008-08-13 16:44:44.0 -0600
> +++ pkgs.dbk 2008-08-13 16:52:12.0 -0600
> @@ -1892,6 +1892,14 @@
> might be helpful).
>
>
> +While preparing the patch, you should better be aware of
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 08:35:56AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> But again, most persons in these environments are non-native speakers???
Mabye most persons in these environments are male.
Michael
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* Charles Plessy [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:35:56 +0900]:
> please have some pity for the non-native speakers, who are taught that
> "they" is the third person plural pronoun.
I'm not a native speaker, and of course the singular they was never
mentioned to me in school, but I didn't find it particularl
Le Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 02:36:19PM -0300, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> > > "They" has been used for exactly that purpose in English for centuries and
> > > is used naturally and routinely by English speakers in common speech.
> > > [...]
Le Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:16:44AM -0700, Russ Allbery a écri
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 04:29:04PM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > `debian/README.source' may also include any other information that
> > would be helpful to someone modifying the source package.
> Sure, but with the way the policy is currently written, it's still not
> the _main purpose_ of d
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's a single person with indeterminate gender, which is exactly the use
> case for the epicene they. I believe you're simply wrong here. This
> supposedly stilted and contrived construct routinely goes unremarked and
> unnoticed by native English speak
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:16:44AM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote:
> This thread seems to establish that you're in a small minority with this
> opinion.
I'll weigh in on MJ's side and also concede that it's a small minority,
unfortunately.
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MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> No, it hasn't. It is used naturally for indeterminates. Using it for
> singulars sounds stilted and contrived. The developer is clearly not
> an indeterminate.
It's a single person with indeterminate gender, which is exactly the use
case for the epicene the
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 11:21:09AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > However, balance of examples and judicious use of "one" and "a
> > > developer" would be better than butchering the English language and
> > > making the do
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > However, balance of examples and judicious use of "one" and "a
> > developer" would be better than butchering the English language and
> > making the document more confusing by using "they" to stand for a
> > definite
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MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> However, balance of examples and judicious use of "one" and "a
> developer" would be better than butchering the English language and
> making the document more confusing by using "they" to stand for a
> definite singular quantity without context.
"They" has be
Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 08:16:56PM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > > The whole developers-reference is written in a non-gender-neutral
> > > manner. If there's consensus that it's a good idea, I would prefer
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