From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N1CEh-0000Ik-HY for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:58:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B7C37E07A1; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9677BE07A1 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:58:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gentoo.org (97-114-55-116.roch.qwest.net [97.114.55.116]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8B8E66F16; Fri, 23 Oct 2009 04:58:44 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:59:10 -0500 From: Donnie Berkholz To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: pr Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: News item for default-linux removal (bug #287976) Message-ID: <20091023045909.GB27196@comet> References: <4ADF1C84.8030605@gentoo.org> <4ADF2D9D.30604@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Archives-Salt: 0d9ae1d3-d2f5-4818-8faa-64c43bc27d5e X-Archives-Hash: 68d7764b430ef6f33e06dba305e51ef6 On 10:52 Wed 21 Oct , Alec Warner wrote: > I'm trying to avoid using 'you' in the announcement which is why all > the rewording. I encourage informal language and speaking directly to the users. Use of "you" and "we" helps us to better connect with users through the documentation. It also has the nice benefit of avoiding stilted formalities and awkwardness like "one should do this..." or trying to use "people should" or "users should". -- Thanks, Donnie Donnie Berkholz Developer, Gentoo Linux Blog: http://dberkholz.wordpress.com