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What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT

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From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 12:26:19 -0800

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In the CODE-OF-CONDUCT, I see the phrase:

  Note: In the sequel, "project" refers to GNU Guix, and "project
  maintainer(s)" refers to maintainer(s) of GNU Guix.

What does "the sequel" refer to?

Maybe something more like "Note: In this document, ..." ?

Maybe the intended meaning is lost in translation, or it is some turn of
phrase I am unfamiliar with? It is confusing to me as a native en_US
speaker, at least.


live well,
  vagrant

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From: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
To: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>, 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54077: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2022 21:32:51 +0100

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Vagrant Cascadian schreef op zo 20-02-2022 om 12:26 [-0800]:
>   Note: In the sequel, "project" refers to GNU Guix, and "project
>   maintainer(s)" refers to maintainer(s) of GNU Guix.
> 
> What does "the sequel" refer to?

‘The following’, I think?

> Maybe something more like "Note: In this document, ..." ?

I would drop the capital and use the somewhat nicer (IMHO) ‘curly
quotes’ (or “double curly quotes”) instead of "straight double quotes",
but otherwise I agree.

Additionally, I think we can do "maintainer(s)" -> "maintainers" here.

Greetings,
Maxime.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>, 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 guix-maintainers <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54077: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 14:48:03 +0100

Hello,

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:

> Vagrant Cascadian schreef op zo 20-02-2022 om 12:26 [-0800]:
>>   Note: In the sequel, "project" refers to GNU Guix, and "project
>>   maintainer(s)" refers to maintainer(s) of GNU Guix.
>> 
>> What does "the sequel" refer to?
>
> ‘The following’, I think?

Per WordNet (which is about American English):

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
$ guix shell wordnet -- wn sequel -over

Overview of noun sequel

The noun sequel has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
                                       
1. sequel, subsequence -- (something that follows something else)
2. sequel, continuation -- (a part added to a book or play that continues and extends it)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

>> Maybe something more like "Note: In this document, ..." ?

If that sounds clearer, let’s do that!

Cc’ing maintainers to get their approval.

Ludo’.

Message #14 received at 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>, 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, guix-maintainers <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54077: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 16:50:49 +0100

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:
> ‘The following’, I think?

It's an example of the pseudo-legalese people can slip into when writing 
An Official Document.

On 2022-02-27 14:48, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>> Maybe something more like "Note: In this document, ..." ?
> 
> If that sounds clearer, let’s do that!

SGTM!

Kind regards,

T G-R

Sent from a Web browser.  Excuse or enjoy my brevity.

Message #17 received at 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>, 54077 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>,
 Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, guix-maintainers <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54077: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 20:17:14 -0500

Hello,

Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr> writes:

> Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> skribis:
>> ‘The following’, I think?
>
> It's an example of the pseudo-legalese people can slip into when
> writing An Official Document.
>
> On 2022-02-27 14:48, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
>>>> Maybe something more like "Note: In this document, ..." ?
>> If that sounds clearer, let’s do that!
>
> SGTM!

+1.

Maxim

Message #22 received at 54077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant <at> debian.org>,
 Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>, Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>,
 54077-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, guix-maintainers <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54077: What does "sequel" mean in the CODE-OF-CONDUCT
Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:45:42 +0100

Hi!

This issue became obsolete with the ‘CODE-OF-CONDUCT’ update in
4254d74b4ca6d4aa78b7fa055fc9ec72a2e93ad3; closing!

Ludo’.

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