From: Oliver Neukum <oliver@neukum.org>
To: Matthew Garrett <matthew.garrett@nebula.com>
Cc: "pavel@ucw.cz" <pavel@ucw.cz>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove unnecessarily gendered language
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 08:56:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1386662211.25604.6.camel@linux-fkkt.site> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1386616168.20263.1.camel@x230>
On Mon, 2013-12-09 at 19:09 +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote:
> Acceptable but increasingly socially frowned upon. Of the set you
> commented on, one was unclear as a result of the transition. I've
> examined the rest and am fairly happy with their clarity, but, well,
> that's the point of review.
I would suggest that for reviews of understandability being a native
speaker of English is a problem. You underestimate the problem
by necessity and are unaware of special pitfalls. Especially in
the areas where the English language is fairly unusual.
Regards
Oliver
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-12-10 8:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-03 1:18 Matthew Garrett
2013-12-03 9:04 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2013-12-03 17:53 ` Randy Dunlap
2013-12-04 2:36 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-12-05 10:48 ` Pavel Machek
2013-12-05 16:35 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-12-08 12:38 ` Pavel Machek
2013-12-09 19:09 ` Matthew Garrett
2013-12-10 7:56 ` Oliver Neukum [this message]
2013-12-05 16:54 ` One Thousand Gnomes
2013-12-05 17:41 ` Harald Arnesen
2013-12-08 12:47 ` Pavel Machek
2013-12-18 13:53 ` Mark Brown
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