Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-24 Thread Geoff Winkless
On 24 September 2015 at 11:33, Gavin Flower wrote: > An example from a book on PostgreSQL server programming that I'm working > through (Note that it is obviously awkward to write with gender pronouns > when gender is irrelevant, note the "he she" in one place and

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-22 Thread Geoff Winkless
On 22 September 2015 at 21:22, David Steele wrote: > I think conversations like this are a part of why we have trouble > attracting new contributors (of any gender) to the community. > ​It's very clear that my use of the word (which I shan't make the mistake of repeating!)

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-22 Thread Geoff Winkless
On 22 September 2015 at 09:28, Albe Laurenz wrote: > Peter Geoghegan wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 21, 2015 at 9:32 PM, Erik Rijkers wrote: > >> I think this compulsive 'he'-avoiding is making the text worse. > >> > >> > >> - environment variable); any

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-22 Thread Geoff Winkless
On 22 September 2015 at 14:09, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > You are fighting a losing battle. Think of they/them/their/theirs as being > indefinitely gendered third person singular pronouns, as well as being > third person plural pronouns. Yes it's a relatively new usage, but I

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-22 Thread Geoff Winkless
On 22 September 2015 at 10:52, Gavin Flower <gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: > On 22/09/15 21:33, Geoff Winkless wrote: > >> ​​ >> Without wanting to get into a grammar war, ​I'm not so sure I agree that >> it "condones" it. Dictionaries reflect the c

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation

2015-09-22 Thread Geoff Winkless
Oh, good! We're actually going to have this argument? Even though I said I don't care what you do? On 22 September 2015 at 15:11, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> wrote: > On 09/22/2015 09:25 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote: > >> If someone sends me a document that uses "the