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authorLynn Cyrin <lynncyrin@gmail.com>2019-06-23 22:21:07 +0000
committerLynn Cyrin <lynncyrin@gmail.com>2019-06-23 22:21:07 +0000
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Change a pronoun in the readme from `he` to `they`
Using gender neutral language in your documentation is a inclusion win! Here's some documents describing more context here: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they#Trend_toward_gender-neutral_language - https://open.buffer.com/inclusive-language-tech - https://www.grammarly.com/blog/use-the-singular-they/
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@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ as well as the manual pages and other documentation shipped with APT.
Software tools like APT, which are used by thousands of users every
day, have a steady flow of incoming bug reports. Not all of them are really
bugs in APT: It can be packaging bugs, like failing maintainer scripts, that a
-user reports against apt, because apt was the command he executed that lead
+user reports against apt, because apt was the command they executed that lead
to this failure; or various wishlist items for new features. Given enough time
the occasional duplicate enters the system as well.
Our bug tracker is therefore full with open bug reports which are waiting for you! ;)