From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Junio C Hamano Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] README.md: don't call git stupid in the title Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 11:13:04 -0800 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: Matthieu Moy X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 23 20:13:20 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 1aYIOc-0006oJ-9j for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 20:13:18 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754163AbcBWTNI (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:13:08 -0500 Received: from pb-smtp0.int.icgroup.com ([208.72.237.35]:61296 "EHLO sasl.smtp.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752254AbcBWTNH (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:13:07 -0500 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 057EF44D6B; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:13:06 -0500 (EST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=WdN+L31NWO8WjY3qmweALYAcneI=; b=uTWS9D F3YtAWW7KERRFDHAqks2/BQalYy/EbPrrc/3AiJVFAEmQ3sl3SbhkADy98L0v/Ds BlsddQBulV+01ERzgYMCi8addRO0D1WJXzFBElUK5yeNoKv9DxiJMSLSs3DNMeWp aUxoz/Gdlb0YTDW5NgLwfveVPgUl3/XXtiUrM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=Xu31xxBC6MQwvPjjuxULXgF5VkU/vWWM 3xz1TxF8KA89CHqONP0J4NsgtmONyXMmwSF6izUSWi5CcRpgX5BVjB92jY8QhA0y +7rK6R+/8TPyhQ/54PsFxgWvcTmlNps/C+RbjOo0iFGqDNr/r81AXr/LCC/nAZo7 9CD9HcsRCA8= Received: from pb-smtp0.int.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1EC844D6A; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:13:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.1.64]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp0.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 6E7C744D69; Tue, 23 Feb 2016 14:13:05 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <1456249229-30454-5-git-send-email-Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> (Matthieu Moy's message of "Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:40:28 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 7767BC64-DA61-11E5-B622-79226BB36C07-77302942!pb-smtp0.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: 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. > README.md | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/README.md b/README.md > index 1625352..c11c3e2 100644 > --- a/README.md > +++ b/README.md > @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ > -# Git - the stupid content tracker > +# Git - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system > > "git" can mean anything, depending on your mood.