From: Thomas Perale via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: "Robert P. J. Day" <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Cc: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>, buildroot@buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: update intro, make gender-neutral
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 14:18:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260904121819.404834-1-thomas.perale@mind.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4c1871d0-8cf8-e749-7d65-232c16460a3d@crashcourse.ca>
In reply of:
> Besides just updating a little terminology, remove the awkward
> reference to "his" when referring to developers.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
>
Applied to 2025.02.x & 2026.05.x. Thanks
> ---
>
> just testing if this first patch passes examination.
>
> diff --git a/docs/manual/introduction.adoc b/docs/manual/introduction.adoc
> index 476aa81edc..1a8cc6d13e 100644
> --- a/docs/manual/introduction.adoc
> +++ b/docs/manual/introduction.adoc
> @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ filesystem with Buildroot).
>
> Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with embedded systems.
> Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86
> -processors everyone is used to having in his PC. They can be PowerPC
> -processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc.
> +processors developers are used to having in their PCs, including
> +ARM (both 32- and 64-bit), MIPS, PowerPC, RISC-V and more.
>
> Buildroot supports numerous processors and their variants; it also
> -comes with default configurations for several boards available
> +comes with default configurations for hundreds of boards available
> off-the-shelf. Besides this, a number of third-party projects are based on,
> or develop their BSP footnote:[BSP: Board Support Package] or
> SDK footnote:[SDK: Software Development Kit] on top of Buildroot.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-27 19:10 [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: update intro, make gender-neutral Robert P. J. Day
2026-08-29 21:20 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2026-09-04 12:18 ` Thomas Perale via buildroot [this message]
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