"brian m. carlson" [off-list ref] writes:
I agree that in many cases we can effectively rephrase to avoid needing
to do this, but if we acknowledge that sometimes we will need to write
using third-person personal pronouns in some cases, it's worth
documenting what those should be.
I think we've heard enough from both sides and there probably is not
misunderstanding among the folks, even though there are differences
of opinions.
I would like to consider that the last draft I did [*1*] based on
earlier suggestions by Derrick and Ævar would be a reasonable middle
ground.
I'll go mostly offline next week---I'd notice if the list came up
with a vastly different concensus when I come back, but hopefully
not ;-)
Thanks.
[Reference]
*1* https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqbl86qtyf.fsf@gitster.g/ (local)