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From: Ben Card <shack@muto.ca>
To: 39050@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39050: [PATCH] Use gender-neutral language in Preface
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2020 01:13:00 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87blrd5vxv.fsf@muto.ca> (raw)

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Hello, this is a small documentation patch to replace an instance of
gendered language with gender neutral language. This does not fix any
specific bug report.
The patch file should be attached. Please consider this change. Thank
you.


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From 9c1a5b14e9dc989f80cc963ff114e2dea0f17b23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "shack@muto.ca" <shack@muto.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 00:48:45 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use gender-neutral language in Preface

---
 doc/ref/preface.texi | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/ref/preface.texi b/doc/ref/preface.texi
index 87f481015..a4948593c 100644
--- a/doc/ref/preface.texi
+++ b/doc/ref/preface.texi
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Language for Extensions.  It relates particularly to Guile version
 
 Like Guile itself, the Guile reference manual is a living entity, cared
 for by many people over a long period of time.  As such, it is hard to
-identify individuals of whom to say ``yes, this person, she wrote the
+identify individuals of whom to say ``yes, this single person wrote the
 manual.''
 
 Still, among the many contributions, some caretakers stand out.  First
-- 
2.24.1


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             reply	other threads:[~2020-01-09  0:13 UTC|newest]

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2020-01-09  0:13 Ben Card [this message]
2020-01-20  9:24 ` bug#39050: [PATCH] Use gender-neutral language in Preface Ludovic Courtès

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