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Date:      Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:11:56 -0500
From:      Glen Barber <gjb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
Cc:        svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r40980 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/printing
Message-ID:  <20130219221156.GD1514@glenbarber.us>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmB-ZyfaZOJcP_sCX8zX_OopbJ=WXb1Cuj-rnt7W7yx7A@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201302161543.r1GFh9Ek038848@svn.freebsd.org> <20130219215627.GB92116@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20130219220417.GC1514@glenbarber.us> <CAF6rxgmB-ZyfaZOJcP_sCX8zX_OopbJ=WXb1Cuj-rnt7W7yx7A@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 05:06:18PM -0500, Eitan Adler wrote:
> On 19 February 2013 17:04, Glen Barber <gjb@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:56:27PM +0100, Jeremie Le Hen wrote:
> >> Hi Eitan,
> >>
> >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 03:43:09PM +0000, Eitan Adler wrote:
> >> > Author: eadler
> >> > Date: Sat Feb 16 15:43:08 2013
> >> > New Revision: 40980
> >> > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40980
> >> >
> >> > Log:
> >> >   Twiddle with the poorly worded sentence.
> >>
> >> I am not a native English speaker, so correct me if I'm wrong.  The
> >> commit log sounds slightly derogatory toward the original author.  Giv=
en
> >> we have many committers who are not native speakers, maybe we should
> >> avoid such comments so may dishearten them.
> >>
> >> Again, excuse me if I am misunderstanding your statement.
> >>
> >
> > I agree, unintentional or otherwise, the log for this commit was a bit
> > much, and certainly can be misinterpreted negatively.
>=20
> I did not intend to offend anyone and if I did, I apologize.
>=20
> Perhaps any of the following?
>=20
> "Twiddle with a poorly worded sentence."
> "Make this sentence more clear"
> or
> "Avoid references to the first person and clarify sentence."
>=20

Either 2 or 3.

Glen


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