[systemd-devel] [systemd-commits] man/pam_systemd.xml

[Lennart Poettering]

On Fri, 24.10.14 00:26, Alex Gaynor (alex.gaynor at gmail.com) wrote:

> Lennart Poettering <lennart <at> poettering.net> writes:
> 
> > 
> > hmm, why "their"? THat's wrong. It's the user's instance, hence must
> > be singular. Or is this about his vs. her? If so I find "their" quite
> > confusing, and if so, at least "his/her" would be better.
> > 
> 
> Hi Lennart,
> 
> In English it's perfectly valid to use "their" to refer to a singular person of
> unknown gender, and I think it would be a very good decision to revert your
> revert :-). https://thoughtstreams.io/glyph/they-lives/ has a bit more info on
> the history of the linguistic stuff, and why it's important.

Well, the sentence is complicated enough as it is. By sticking to a
singular form it appears clearer to me what is meant here.

I am fine with changing this to "her/his" if "his" alone is really is
too bad, but "their" appears a lot more confusing.

Lennart

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Lennart Poettering, Red Hat