On 14/08/08 at 09:45 +0900, Charles Plessy wrote:
> 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.dbk2008-08-13 16:52:12.0 -0600
> > @@ -1892,6 +1892,14 @@
> > might be helpful).
>
On 14/08/08 at 10:58 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 07:28:53PM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> >Before doing an NMU, consider the following questions:
>
> > o Do you really fix bugs in your NMU? Fixing cosmetic issues,
> >or changing the packaging style in N
Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, and the funny thing about this is that I've always seen men very
> engaged in this kind of discussion and I have the boring feeling that
> they are using this as kind of excuse for not doing something else to
> make sitation of genders equal.
Perso
* Andreas Tille [Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:15:56 +0200]:
> Yes, and the funny thing about this is that I've always seen men very engaged
> in this kind of discussion and I have the boring feeling that they are using
> this as kind of excuse for not doing something else to make sitation of
> genders
> e
Please note that when "Luipher Fhang" writes that
> For some strange reason the listmaster team is sometimes pretty
> quick when it gets to blacklisting people who voiced unpleasant
> things here -
He is, in fact, referring to himself. Luipher Fhang, Bruno Brandris,
catbugs, and Patrick Frank ar
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:00:25AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> > > This was covered in a thread around
> > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2005/01/msg00360.html
> > This thread seems to establish that you're in a small minority with this
> > opinion.
> Well, I was using it to give a reasonabl
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 07:28:53PM -0300, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>Before doing an NMU, consider the following questions:
> o Do you really fix bugs in your NMU? Fixing cosmetic issues,
>or changing the packaging style in NMUs is discouraged,
>unless it is required to fix bu
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 04:28:36PM +0200, Luipher Fhang wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I think it is reasonable to first fix the bug (no gender neutrality)
>
> When you use http://code.google.com/ in combination with obscene language
> yo
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, MJ Ray wrote:
> Even so, why should language style be a weight-of-numbers thing?
Interestingly, that's exactly what language and style is about.
English is plastic, and as the usage of people who use english
changes, so does the language and its style.
Don Armstrong
--
Nea
On Thu, 14 Aug 2008, Michael Banck wrote:
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.
Yes, and the funny thing about this is that I've always seen
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think it is reasonable to first fix the bug (no gender neutrality)
When you use http://code.google.com/ in combination with obscene language
you find a lot of code comments that found their way into debian packages.
H
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 09:00:25AM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
> I'm disappointed if the docs have been patched quietly to expand the
> "singular they" bug. There's almost no need for it. When reasonably
> possible, please phrase things in such a way to avoid assuming gender,
> or switch some examples.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:08 PM, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Can you see the trend?
> Yes. According to that, things appear to be getting better.
Oh yeah?
Because of the part you dont quote, that cyber execution of uncomfy
people is the prefered method for fixing social problems?
>>
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кроме того он позволяет значительно уменьшить затраты на обогрев дома...
САЙДИНГ удачно подходит для внешней и внутренней отделки жилых, офисных
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. . . .
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"Luipher Fhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...]
> Example 1: June 2007 [DPL election, IRC channels, 1 thread]
> Example 2: January and February 2008 [3 threads]
> Example 3: August 2008 [2 threads]
> Can you see the trend?
Yes. According to that, things appear to be getting better.
> [...] sinc
Before I get to the points I try to make regarding the subject of
this nonperfectly formed mail:
- dont flame as reaction to my mail.
it would break the code of confuct of this mailing list.
and it would possibly cause other problems.
- dont label this mail as off-topic when its clearly focus
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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,
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