From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthieu Moy Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] README.md: don't call git stupid in the title Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:51:06 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1456249229-30454-1-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> <1456249229-30454-5-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, emma.westby@gmail.com To: Junio C Hamano X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 23 21:51:19 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aYJvQ-0000Tm-15 for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:51:16 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755289AbcBWUvM (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:51:12 -0500 Received: from mx2.imag.fr ([129.88.30.17]:50217 "EHLO rominette.imag.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755051AbcBWUvM (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 15:51:12 -0500 Received: from clopinette.imag.fr (clopinette.imag.fr [129.88.34.215]) by rominette.imag.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u1NKp4Ie004323 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:51:04 +0100 Received: from anie (anie.imag.fr [129.88.7.32]) by clopinette.imag.fr (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u1NKp67d014799; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:51:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:13:04 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.2 (rominette.imag.fr [129.88.30.17]); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:51:04 +0100 (CET) X-IMAG-MailScanner-Information: Please contact MI2S MIM for more information X-MailScanner-ID: u1NKp4Ie004323 X-IMAG-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-IMAG-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-IMAG-MailScanner-From: matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1456865464.90207@/xCHYRkrMlgKA59iomqoKQ Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio C Hamano writes: > Matthieu Moy writes: > >> "the stupid content tracker" was true in the early days of Git, but >> hardly applicable these days. "fast, scalable, distributed" describes >> Git more accuralety. >> >> Also, "stupid" can be seen as offensive by some people. Let's not use it >> in the very first words of the README. >> >> The new formulation is taken from the description of the Debian package. >> >> Signed-off-by: Matthieu Moy >> --- > > This self-derogatory reference shouldn't offend those who didn't > help write it. > > Having said that, I agree with the spirit of 4/5 and 5/5; but it is > sad that this line is not resurrected by 5/5 in some way. Do you mean something like this: diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 40de78e..b1c89bd 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ list. The discussion following them give a good reference for project status, development direction and remaining tasks. The name "git" was given by Linus Torvalds when he wrote the very -first version. He described it as (depending on your mood): +first version. He described the tool as "the stupid content tracker" +and the name as (depending on your mood): - random three-letter combination that is pronounceable, and not actually used by any common UNIX command. The fact that it is a ? Why not, but I don't think it adds really much, and I'd rather keep the README as short as possible. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/