Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.

git-svn-id: svn://anonscm.debian.org/ddp/manuals/trunk/developers-reference@9235 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d

diff --git a/README-contrib b/README-contrib
index 421981d83322fcd8c58b3b75f1ab24fdeeb61ae1..b81ebfad7254cdabf5b0b3a0ac3cf2996c0345d0 100644 (file)
--- a/README-contrib
+++ b/README-contrib
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ before they are applied. This is even true if you happen to have
 SVN access for other reasons.
 
 
+* Writing style
+
+Please use gender-neutral formulations. This means avoiding
+pronouns like he/she when referring to a role (like "maintainer")
+whose gender is unknown. Instead of you should use the
+plural form (singular they [1]).
+
+[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular_they
+
+
 * SVN
 
 If you're interested in ongoing maintenance, once you've shown that

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b50e5a6587397eb06f4b26089a5b72c344982e0d..d9354470e643779e04bc822d552fba77848de120 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ developers-reference (3.4.9) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Thanks to Per Andersson <avtobiff@gmail.com> for the patch.
   * Reword various parts to be gender-neutral. Closes: #678712
     Thanks to Per Andersson and Steve Langasek for the patch.
+  * Recommend usage of gender-neutral formulations in README-contrib.
 
  -- Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:46:20 +0200