Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-16 Thread Chet Ramey
On 6/6/21 12:35 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: Hi Chet, Here you go, if you're inclined. Minimally invasive and decidedly non-revolutionary in terms on English lexicon. Thanks for this and the others' contributions. I'll make some changes roughly along these lines. Chet -- ``The lyf so shor

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-07 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 06:12:07PM +0200, L??a Gris wrote: > Le 07/06/2021 ?? 14:25, Dima Pasechnik ??crivait???: > > > > This forum is technical, not political! > > > > Technical decisions might easily have political consequences, you cannot > > just separate these ones. > > You are turning it

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-07 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 06:12:07PM +0200, Léa Gris wrote: > This is what is happening here. Now they just ask for mundane changes and > will probably accept the patch. They will come again and ask for inclusive > grammar, then come again and ask for removal of anything that is even > remotely rela

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-07 Thread Léa Gris
Le 07/06/2021 à 14:25, Dima Pasechnik écrivait : This forum is technical, not political! Technical decisions might easily have political consequences, you cannot just separate these ones. You are turning it backward. This proposal is 100% political and 0% technical. The current patches ar

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-07 Thread Dima Pasechnik
On Mon, Jun 07, 2021 at 01:57:58PM +0200, felix wrote: > I totally agree with L??a: Awesome patch, but... > > Please stop this troll! > > As children of Gaia for me, there's no matter if Greg is a woman or L??a a > men... Are bash male or female!? > > This forum is technical, not political! Te

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-07 Thread felix
I totally agree with Léa: Awesome patch, but... Please stop this troll! As children of Gaia for me, there's no matter if Greg is a woman or Léa a men... Are bash male or female!? This forum is technical, not political! I've already seen many human groups splited because of stupid consideration

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-06 Thread Lawrence Velázquez
On Sun, Jun 6, 2021, at 12:35 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2021-06-05T23:29:58-0400, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > > doc/oldbash.texi > > 178:manual. Brian and Diane would like to thank Chet Ramey for his > > 9138:# The alternative explanation is that his frequent use of the > >

Re: [PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-06 Thread Léa Gris
Le 06/06/2021 à 06:35, G. Branden Robinson écrivait : Here you go, if you're inclined. Minimally invasive and decidedly non-revolutionary in terms on English lexicon. Your careful patch not using custom grammar is admirable. Although I remain alarmed because this is a work to obey a demand fr

[PATCH] Prefer non-gender specific pronouns

2021-06-06 Thread G. Branden Robinson
Hi Chet, Here you go, if you're inclined. Minimally invasive and decidedly non-revolutionary in terms on English lexicon. Patch attached. At 2021-06-05T23:29:58-0400, Lawrence Velázquez wrote: > doc/oldbash.texi > 178:manual. Brian and Diane would like to thank Chet Ramey for his >