From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,PI_DNOT, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A2FE1F453 for ; Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1733096AbfBRQwI convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:52:08 -0500 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:27605 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732945AbfBRQwH (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:52:07 -0500 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id x1IGq4IP070121 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:52:04 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Senol Yazici'" , Subject: Re: [RFE] Demilitarize Documentation (was RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)) Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:51:57 -0500 Message-ID: <001601d4c7aa$460c0e70$d2242b50$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Content-Language: en-ca Thread-Index: AdTHqkJ6IWmUK/DnRVGjEUlr0cRnHQ== Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On February 18, 2019 11:13, I wrote: > To: 'Senol Yazici' ; git@vger.kernel.org > Subject: RE: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) > > On February 18, 2019 5:47, Senol Yazici > > I just stumbled over following page > > > > https://git-scm.com/about/distributed > > > > and was wondering if it is possible to > > > > - demilitarise that “dictator/lieutenant” thing and > > - de-religionise that “blessed” thing > > > > I did not had the feeling that git is “pro military”, or is against “non > religious” > > developers/users. > > I think there is a point here. In some of my customers, we have replaced > these terms with the following (the Repository is optional in the second two): > > * Blessed: Repository of Record > * Dictator: Committer [Repository] > * Lieutenant: Contributor [Repository] > > This seems more closely aligned with the real roles being applied to activities > associated with the repositories involved. > > Taking a lesson from other Open Source projects, Jenkins has deprecated > Master/Slave in favour of Controller/Agent. This seems not only more > acceptable to some, but in my view more descriptive. The terms on the page > above do not actually make any descriptive sense to a newbie. And confusion > could ensue from the dictionary definitions: > > * Lieutenant: an aide or representative of another in the performance of > duty : assistant (not what that repository is for) > * Dictator: one holding complete autocratic control : a person with unlimited > governmental power (not how the git team behaves) > * Blessed: honored in worship : hallowed; of or enjoying happiness (although > I can see the happiness part of this one) It probably would be worth submitting this as an issue to the documentation project at https://github.com/git/git-scm.com. Depending on the response from the committers, I might be willing to take that on, but digging deeper, I'm not sure the terms I proposed as sufficient.