From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Your commit 7409a79 Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 11:05:34 -0600 Message-ID: <85wq5z5tb5.fsf@stephe-leake.org> References: <83h9x917il.fsf@gnu.org> <85ppbvdqqu.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <85bnnecwnt.fsf@stephe-leake.org> <87bnndjd07.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1418231242 21374 80.91.229.3 (10 Dec 2014 17:07:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:07:22 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Dec 10 18:07:15 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XykjF-0008Sv-Qf for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:07:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46920 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XykjF-0002It-A6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:07:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:41750) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xykj4-000284-3H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:07:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xykix-0005Yi-6s for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:06:58 -0500 Original-Received: from gproxy5-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com ([67.222.38.55]:41153) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xykiw-0005YA-Vg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:06:51 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 14931 invoked by uid 0); 10 Dec 2014 17:06:50 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO cmgw4) (10.0.90.85) by gproxy5.mail.unifiedlayer.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 2014 17:06:50 -0000 Original-Received: from host114.hostmonster.com ([74.220.207.114]) by cmgw4 with id Rt5j1p00H2UdiVW01t5moA; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:05:46 -0700 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.1 cv=B+wqjodM c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:117 a=CQdxDb2CKd3SRg4I0/XZPQ==:17 a=DsvgjBjRAAAA:8 a=f5113yIGAAAA:8 a=fNEgcOh0sVsA:10 a=9i_RQKNPAAAA:8 a=hEr_IkYJT6EA:10 a=jrwKn-8xaegA:10 a=A92cGCtB03wA:10 a=mDV3o1hIAAAA:8 a=1nif6smim_z4kMFMVOAA:9 Original-Received: from [70.94.38.149] (port=56985 helo=TAKVER) by host114.hostmonster.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Xykhq-00082N-S1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:05:43 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Wed, 10 Dec 2014 03:24:47 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.94 (windows-nt) X-Identified-User: {2442:host114.hostmonster.com:stephele:stephe-leake.org} {sentby:smtp auth 70.94.38.149 authed with stephen_leake@stephe-leake.org} X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 67.222.38.55 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:179670 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > [[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider ]]] > [[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies, ]]] > [[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]] > > > Write documentation strings in the active voice, not the passive, > > and in the present tense, not the future. For instance, use > > Return a list containing A and B. instead of A list containing A > > and B will be returned. > > Thanks. I should probably move the advice from there into the GNU > standards, since they are applicable to any manual. This came up in a discussion of commit messages and Changelogs; would you recommend active voice, present tense (not past), for those? -- -- Stephe