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[PATCH RFC] doc: Define the purpose, membership, and creation of teams.

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Message #38 received at 72891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de>
Cc: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>, 72891 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [bug#72891] [PATCH v2 3/3] doc: Define the purpose, membership,
 and creation of teams.
Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 09:20:21 +0900

Hi,

"pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian <at> pelzflorian.de> writes:

> Hi!  I agree with such additions; just some comments:
>
> Patch v2 1/3:
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> * doc/contributing.texi (Consensus Decision): New section.
>> Ccommit Access): Move consensus decision to its section.
>
> “Consensus Decision” is a single act of deciding.
> I guess lengthy “Consensus Decision Making” is the best
> section title.
>
> In the commit message, you wrote C instead of an opening parenthesis.
>
>
> Patch v2 3/3:
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com> writes:
>> +large and seeking consensus before enacting decisions that would affect
>> +the entire community.  Other said, teams provide feedback on patches
>> +touching its scope (@pxref{Reviewing the Work of Others}).
>
> “Other said” is close to a term we use in German, but in English better
> say something
> from <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:in_other_words>.

I agree that "Other said" doesn't sound too natural in English (in the
sense that I've never heard it from native speakers -- disclaimer: I'm
not one).  I believe Simon borrowed it from "autrement dit", which is
good French :-).

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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