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authorPhaedrus Leeds <mwleeds@protonmail.com>2022-12-03 09:20:28 -0800
committerPhaedrus Leeds <mwleeds@protonmail.com>2022-12-03 09:25:17 -0800
commite660c3d48d122dc606dd693700e8fd955f1d4660 (patch)
tree51d7ccbefd9c92fcd0353a06b6a7206b56676b1d
parenteddc2e66ac966effad8d70d8a6ba47c168628610 (diff)
basedir: Use gender neutral pronouns in spec
It's more inclusive to use "they/them" rather than "he/him" when referring to the user in these specs.
-rw-r--r--basedir/basedir-spec.xml10
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
index fa95849..fb3d7db 100644
--- a/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
+++ b/basedir/basedir-spec.xml
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
<literal>$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR</literal> defines the base directory
relative to which user-specific non-essential runtime files and
other file objects (such as sockets, named pipes, ...) should be
- stored. The directory MUST be owned by the user, and he MUST be
+ stored. The directory MUST be owned by the user, and they MUST be
the only one having read and write access to it. Its Unix access
mode MUST be 0700.
</para>
@@ -227,11 +227,11 @@
The lifetime of the directory MUST be bound to the user being
logged in. It MUST be created when the user first logs in and if
the user fully logs out the directory MUST be removed. If the
- user logs in more than once he should get pointed to the same
+ user logs in more than once they should get pointed to the same
directory, and it is mandatory that the directory continues to
- exist from his first login to his last logout on the system, and
- not removed in between. Files in the directory MUST not survive
- reboot or a full logout/login cycle.
+ exist from their first login to their last logout on the system,
+ and not removed in between. Files in the directory MUST not
+ survive reboot or a full logout/login cycle.
</para>
<para>
The directory MUST be on a local file system and not shared with