Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-20 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Michal, On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Michal Suchánek wrote: > It is very poor reply to critique to say that better alternative should > be provided. Well, then we are at an impasse here. Ciao, Johannes

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-20 Thread SZEDER Gábor
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 03:58:00PM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote: > > > 1. Dictator > > > Concern: "Bad" connotation. > > > > "Benevolent dictator" is a well-established term in open

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Philip Oakley
Hi all, On 19/02/2019 14:58, Johannes Schindelin wrote: Hi Gábor, On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote: 1. Dictator Concern: "Bad" connotation. "Benevolent dictator" is a well-established term in open source projects, and it h

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:47:08 +0100 (STD) Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Michal, > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Michal Suchánek wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:02:43 +0100 > > Senol Yazici wrote: > > > > > Suggestion for substitution: Assistant or assistant integrator. > > > > So now the t

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 15:58:00 +0100 (STD) Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Gábor, > > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote: > > > 1. Dictator > > > Concern: "Bad" connotation. > > > > "Benevolent dictator" is a well-estab

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Gábor, On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote: > > 1. Dictator > > Concern: "Bad" connotation. > > "Benevolent dictator" is a well-established term in open source > projects, and it has an inherently good connotation. It is a w

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Johannes Schindelin
Hi Michal, On Tue, 19 Feb 2019, Michal Suchánek wrote: > On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:02:43 +0100 > Senol Yazici wrote: > > > Suggestion for substitution: Assistant or assistant integrator. > > So now the terms sound a lot like a corporate lingo. Is it now turn for > enthusiasts and entrepreneurs to

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:52:40 +0100 Christian Couder wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 12:23 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason > wrote: > > > > Two things: > > > > 1) Whatever anyone's abstract position on the wording of our > > documentation, either the one stored in git.git or at > > https://g

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Christian Couder
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 12:23 PM Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > > Two things: > > 1) Whatever anyone's abstract position on the wording of our > documentation, either the one stored in git.git or at > https://github.com/git/git-scm.com there's only so much a > theoretical discussion

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 12:19:51 +0100 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote: > On Tue, Feb 19 2019, Senol Yazici wrote: > > 2) Any piece of software or technical tool is going to unavoidably need > to use some amount of jargon, or words that are lifted from a more > general vocabulary and intende

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
On Tue, Feb 19 2019, Senol Yazici wrote: > Thank you for the quick response and apologize my late reply (good > morning from Europe). > > I understand that well "established" concepts might make it easier > grasping concepts. > > My concerns towards using these particular expressions > (dictator

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Senol Yazici
Hi Gabor, thanks for the constructive feedback. Hi Michal, - I might be an enthusiast but i am definitively not offended. :D - I am wondering for whom dictator has a positive weight... no matter who calls them dictator! ;) - Which negative connotation do you have with "principal" or "integrato

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread SZEDER Gábor
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 09:02:43AM +0100, Senol Yazici wrote: > 1. Dictator > Concern: "Bad" connotation. "Benevolent dictator" is a well-established term in open source projects, and it has an inherently good connotation. > Further, "googling" dictator does not give Linus as a result in (at > l

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Michal Suchánek
On Tue, 19 Feb 2019 09:02:43 +0100 Senol Yazici wrote: > Dear all, > > Thank you for the quick response and apologize my late reply (good > morning from Europe). > > I understand that well "established" concepts might make it easier > grasping concepts. > > My concerns towards using these part

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-19 Thread Senol Yazici
Dear all, Thank you for the quick response and apologize my late reply (good morning from Europe). I understand that well "established" concepts might make it easier grasping concepts. My concerns towards using these particular expressions (dictator/lieutenant/blessed) are nevertheless motivated

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-18 Thread Junio C Hamano
"Randall S. Becker" writes: >> Taking a lesson from other Open Source projects, Jenkins has deprecated >> Master/Slave in favour of Controller/Agent. This seems not only more >> acceptable to some, but in my view more descriptive. The terms on the page >> above do not actually make any descriptiv

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-18 Thread Michal Suchánek
Hello, On Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:51:57 -0500 "Randall S. Becker" wrote: > On February 18, 2019 11:13, I wrote: > > To: 'Senol Yazici' ; git@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) > > > > On February 18, 2019 5:47, Senol Yazici > > > I just stumbled over following

Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure))

2019-02-18 Thread Randall S. Becker
On February 18, 2019 11:13, I wrote: > To: 'Senol Yazici' ; git@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) > > On February 18, 2019 5:47, Senol Yazici > > I just stumbled over following page > > > > https://git-scm.com/about/distributed > > > > and was wondering if it is