On Wed, Sep 09, 2026 at 09:14:04AM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Ruben Sutton <[email protected]> writes: > > > Several process documents use gendered pronouns when referring > > generically to developers and maintainers. Use singular they instead, > > making the language inclusive without changing its meaning. > > > > Leave pronouns referring to named people and text in attributed > > quotations unchanged. > > > > Assisted-by: LLM > > Signed-off-by: Ruben Sutton <[email protected]> > > --- > > Documentation/process/2.Process.rst | 2 +- > > Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 2 +- > > Documentation/process/6.Followthrough.rst | 2 +- > > Documentation/process/handling-regressions.rst | 2 +- > > Documentation/process/howto.rst | 2 +- > > Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 2 +- > > 6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > Ouch. > > I have no objection in principle to this change, but if we try to clean > up the whole kernel in this way we're going to have a *lot* of churn > and, undoubtedly, some unpleasant discussions at some point. > > I'm tempted to raise this question at the maintainers summit to see if I > can get some sort of project-wide policy laid out.
FWIW, I'd agree "indefinite they" (or "singular they") is the right language here: "his or her" is both annoying to read (too many words) and non-inclusive. Using "their" solves both. -Kees -- Kees Cook
