On 11/25/2015 04:08 AM, Ben Elliston wrote: > Fairly obvious. Apologies for going more than a year without replying.
> > Cheers, Ben > > --- > HACKING | 4 ++-- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING > index 0005988..a894e1d 100644 > --- a/HACKING > +++ b/HACKING > @@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ If a change fixes a test, mention the test in the ChangeLog > entry. > To this end, the Autotest-mode is handy. > > ** Bug reports > -If somebody reports a new bug, mention his name in the ChangeLog entry > -and in the test case you write. Put him into THANKS. > +If somebody reports a new bug, mention their name in the ChangeLog > +entry and in the test case you write. Put them into THANKS. English has historically allowed "his" to serve as a gender-neutral pronoun (covering both masculine and feminine indirection), while the use of plural "their" associated with a singular "somebody" is a no-no in many style guides of yesteryear. But I concur that modern society has been changing in its spoken usage, to the point that "his" is often deemed politically-incorrect when it might rule out women, while "their" has gained a new meaning as a singular gender-neutral pronoun by enough native speakers. So on those grounds, I'm okay applying your patch. I'll probably do a followup (these days, we don't hand-maintain ChangeLog, but instead generate it from git). -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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