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30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

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Message #269 received at 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, rms <at> gnu.org, 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 11:55:54 +0000

Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:
>
>> I am attaching a patch from another user with some jokes being rewritten
>> using different terms.
>
> I suggest this alternative and much more minimal patch, which only
> removes the most unnecessary references to "sex" (replacing it with
> "meme", which is what most of the internet is about these days) but
> keeps the reference to something as innocuous as a "date" (which in
> standard American English could mean just having dinner) and "naughty"
> (which according to Merriam-Webster means "engaging in or marked by
> childish misbehavior").
>
> If this is acceptable, I suggest installing this and moving on.
>
> diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> index 486171a080a..7d6898bdcea 100644
> --- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> +++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
> @@ -3860,10 +3860,10 @@ Group Topics
> ...

I have no objections. I also asked the author of the patch I shared and
there are no objections either.

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