From: Ralf Wildenhues Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:21:39 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Rewrite manual intro to be gender-neutral. X-Git-Tag: v2.2.10~12 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b188543381ff1b0815e7e301d2f40170868abe82;p=thirdparty%2Flibtool.git Rewrite manual intro to be gender-neutral. * doc/libtool.texi (Introduction): Use gender-neutral formulation when addressing developers. Signed-off-by: Ralf Wildenhues --- diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 6c397c98f..b79b004fd 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2010-06-06 Ralf Wildenhues + + Rewrite manual intro to be gender-neutral. + * doc/libtool.texi (Introduction): Use gender-neutral + formulation when addressing developers. + 2010-06-05 Gary V. Vaughan Update and simplify all m4sh scripts to use latest getopt.m4sh. diff --git a/doc/libtool.texi b/doc/libtool.texi index bbc22f490..051aec343 100644 --- a/doc/libtool.texi +++ b/doc/libtool.texi @@ -230,13 +230,13 @@ Platform quirks @node Introduction @chapter Introduction -In the past, if a source code package developer wanted to take advantage -of the power of shared libraries, he needed to write custom support code -for each platform on which his package ran. He also had to design a -configuration interface so that the package installer could choose what -sort of libraries were built. +In the past, if you were a source code package developer and wanted to +take advantage of the power of shared libraries, you needed to write +custom support code for each platform on which your package ran. You +also had to design a configuration interface so that the package +installer could choose what sort of libraries were built. -GNU Libtool simplifies the developer's job by encapsulating both the +GNU Libtool simplifies your job by encapsulating both the platform-specific dependencies, and the user interface, in a single script. GNU Libtool is designed so that the complete functionality of each host type is available via a generic interface, but nasty quirks