Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2011 01:08:58 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r219424 - head/sbin/geom/class/eli Message-ID: <AANLkTim48jO5UKL%2B7wNX7-TVv4-zAGwn7dZprVU0y0xM@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110309083805.GA2005@FreeBSD.org> References: <201103090743.p297hpe2001414@svn.freebsd.org> <20110309083805.GA2005@FreeBSD.org>
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2011/3/9 Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>: > On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 07:43:51AM +0000, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote: >> Author: pjd >> Date: Wed Mar =A09 07:43:51 2011 >> New Revision: 219424 >> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/219424 >> >> Log: >> =A0 Change example to not be controversial. >> =A0 I'm sorry to anyone who felt offended by this. >> >> =A0 PR: =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 docs/155385 > > Sorry to see these little jokes go, but Lena does have her merits. > However, there are still traces of "sexism" present in new version: > employee is assumed to be male. =A0:-) =A0Replacing "his" with "their" > is standard way out in cases like this, I believe. Actually the proper way is "his or her". It's grammatically correct and doesn't necessarily imply gender supremacy. Thanks, -Garrett
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