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From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
Cc: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>,
	72891@debbugs.gnu.org,
	"Simon Tournier" <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com>
Subject: [bug#72891] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: Define the purpose, membership, and creation of teams.
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:20:21 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87y140741m.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87seueh350.fsf@pelzflorian.de> (pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de's message of "Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:16:11 +0200")

Hi,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de> writes:

> Hi!  I agree with such additions; just some comments:
>
> Patch v2 1/3:
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
>> * doc/contributing.texi (Consensus Decision): New section.
>> Ccommit Access): Move consensus decision to its section.
>
> “Consensus Decision” is a single act of deciding.
> I guess lengthy “Consensus Decision Making” is the best
> section title.
>
> In the commit message, you wrote C instead of an opening parenthesis.
>
>
> Patch v2 3/3:
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> writes:
>> +large and seeking consensus before enacting decisions that would affect
>> +the entire community.  Other said, teams provide feedback on patches
>> +touching its scope (@pxref{Reviewing the Work of Others}).
>
> “Other said” is close to a term we use in German, but in English better
> say something
> from <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:in_other_words>.

I agree that "Other said" doesn't sound too natural in English (in the
sense that I've never heard it from native speakers -- disclaimer: I'm
not one).  I believe Simon borrowed it from "autrement dit", which is
good French :-).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim




  reply	other threads:[~2024-09-10  0:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-08-30 10:12 [bug#72891] [PATCH RFC] doc: Define the purpose, membership, and creation of teams Ludovic Courtès
2024-08-31  6:26 ` Noé Lopez
2024-08-31 19:44   ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-09-04 17:25 ` bug#72891: " Simon Tournier
2024-09-04 17:26 ` [bug#72891] " Simon Tournier
2024-09-09  8:58   ` Ludovic Courtès
2024-09-09 17:48     ` Simon Tournier
2024-09-04 18:05 ` [bug#72891] [PATCH v2 1/3] doc: contributing: Move consensus Simon Tournier
2024-09-04 18:05   ` [bug#72891] [PATCH v2 2/3] doc: contributing: Move up section Teams Simon Tournier
2024-09-04 18:05   ` [bug#72891] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: Define the purpose, membership, and creation of teams Simon Tournier
2024-09-05  9:16     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2024-09-10  0:20       ` Maxim Cournoyer [this message]
2024-09-10  0:21 ` [bug#72891] [PATCH RFC] " Maxim Cournoyer

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