Re: icon-title-format vs. frame-title-format (Bug#61496)

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es>
> Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 18:37:31 +0200
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> Rejecting "___ or minimized" on the docs only works nowadays if the goal
> >> is obfuscating things.
> >
> > We don't reject it.  Please, both of you, make a point of actually
> > looking at our manuals before starting argument about problems that
> > don't exist.  This is a tempest in a teapot.
> 
> I know *we* don't reject it, but the patch submitter was told otherwise
> in an official tone.

He was asked to use one term of the two possible ones, with a reason
behind the request presented as part of it.

> I'm glad that the issue has been clarified. Also, I hope that in the
> future we double-check the project's policies before stating to
> contributors (actual and potential) what's the acceptable way of doing
> things here.

I cannot (and won't) prevent people here from expressing their
opinions, including on terminology.  The line between "official tone"
and an opinion of a developer is thin and fine, and is not always
clearly visible, especially when two people are communicating in a
language that isn't the first one for any of them.  All I can do is
ask people to take extra care when they express opinions that are not
necessarily codified, as I did in this case more than once.
Eventually, if a contributor was told something they are uncomfortable
with, and wants to know whether it's policy, he or she will have to
ask about that explicitly, and then they will have their answer.