| From: | Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-committers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation |
| Date: | 2015-09-22 04:32:04 |
| Message-ID: | c7b371750249c1433c8688b100402fa4@xs4all.nl |
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On 2015-09-22 04:59, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Use gender-neutral language in documentation
>
> Based on patch by Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>,
> although
> I rephrased most of the initial work.
>
> Branch
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> master
>
> Details
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> http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/741ccd5015f82e31f80cdc5d2ae81263ea92d794
>
I think this compulsive 'he'-avoiding is making the text worse.
- environment variable); any user can make such a change for his
session.
+ environment variable); any user can make such a change for their
session.
Yuck. even worse:
- might not be the same as the database user he needs to connect as.
+ might not be the same as the database user that is to be connect as.
It is not an improvement. I would like to see this change rolled back.
thanks,
Erik Rijkers
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