Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:06:18 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Glen Barber <gjb@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: <CAF6rxgmB-ZyfaZOJcP_sCX8zX_OopbJ=WXb1Cuj-rnt7W7yx7A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130219220417.GC1514@glenbarber.us> References: <201302161543.r1GFh9Ek038848@svn.freebsd.org> <20130219215627.GB92116@felucia.tataz.chchile.org> <20130219220417.GC1514@glenbarber.us>
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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. Given >> 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. I did not intend to offend anyone and if I did, I apologize. Perhaps any of the following? "Twiddle with a poorly worded sentence." "Make this sentence more clear" or "Avoid references to the first person and clarify sentence." -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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