From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 046B3C4332B for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:09:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1BD20719 for ; Thu, 19 Mar 2020 00:09:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="iWgZ4jUc" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726943AbgCSAJF (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:09:05 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com ([64.147.108.70]:56639 "EHLO pb-smtp1.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726596AbgCSAJF (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:09:05 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp1.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4E8640263; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:09:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) 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=/8bdMqqrdpUJLRQ0coBcU/k/0gM=; b=iWgZ4j Uc5sEB2QAzuthTgcF6bc+f312OnSZe6mNsLXfZgLOiAVmGLLbu8Hw3BQ9kThsekC g7B7kskjipXZXjeveEAVj11LWhcpiEGCSSwEcWycSSgKLif4q60Wo3kip84M0nL6 WFe9j96XF1MQlECfxosHeQNqQdsmQtkyg+OOU= 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=BqFqkziY/PHBTu+vcjg7MuJJrd4JE4dN Uq0sQKDblI2eU/+54M8n2/MdG5rrfmdE2zy3TYj3Wz0fhPTgzktMRrCgKS5oGy0T LbWOYZ3lzew5aw8ssTTb4pvL0KsKYjYxvCZzkOFciS8ocRHwVZ33gTtJfSOXCv0+ rsc9jiejriE= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA56240262; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:09:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.74.119.39]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E8CF34025F; Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:09:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Emily Shaffer Cc: "brian m. carlson" , git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] docs: add a FAQ References: <20200315223923.170371-1-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> <20200315223923.170371-2-sandals@crustytoothpaste.net> <20200318230030.GA45325@google.com> Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:09:00 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20200318230030.GA45325@google.com> (Emily Shaffer's message of "Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:00:30 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: D699C36A-6975-11EA-BB7A-C28CBED8090B-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Emily Shaffer writes: > Not really on topic for this particular paragraph, but there are a lot > of instances of "Some people ..." - in general, would it be less > combative to say something like "It's tempting to..." or "It might seem > like a good idea to..."? That way it feels less like "there are people > who do X and they are wrong" and more like "X might seem like a good > idea but it isn't". Or to put it another way, let's attack the bad idea, > not the people who suggest it. Thanks for a perspective; I personally did not find that "Some people do X" accuses them of doing it wrong, but you certainly have a point.