From 1c85fff1f3a38d355bb06ed3cfe1802854b8773a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lynn Cyrin Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 22:21:07 +0000 Subject: 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/ --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9c4bfe8b5..360229447 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -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! ;) -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258