| From: | Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj> |
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| To: | Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz> |
| Cc: | Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>, Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>, "Peter Geoghegan *EXTERN*" <pg(at)heroku(dot)com>, Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-committers <pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "pgsql-committers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-committers-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Use gender-neutral language in documentation |
| Date: | 2015-09-24 10:41:07 |
| Message-ID: | CAEzk6fe6rynYNKJ3YHseTXmhyjMUiU99L6cH-7w=KrqjsSh=Sg@mail.gmail.com |
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On 24 September 2015 at 11:33, Gavin Flower <GavinFlower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>
wrote:
> An example from a book on PostgreSQL server programming that I'm working
> through (Note that it is obviously awkward to write with gender pronouns
> when gender is irrelevant, note the "he she" in one place and "he/she" in
> another!):
>
> "If the user is a superuser, then they have permission to see the
> full query. If the user is a regular user, they will only see the
> full query for their queries."
>
Can I quietly suggest "Users with superuser pemissions can always see the
full query, while regular users will only see the full query for their own
queries."?
Geoff
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