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Re: Consensus on a new default branch name

From
Santiago Torres Arias <santiago@nyu.edu>
Date
Jun 15, 2020, 21:10 UTC
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 02:57:22PM -0600, Taylor Blau wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> Over the past few days or so, there has been significant discussion [1] and
> patches [2] about changing the name of the default branch away from 'master' and
> towards something else.
I've been refraining myself from commenting (specially with so many
passionate voices on [1]), but I'm happy that this is happening. While I
personally don't see anything offensive in 'master', I think it's
worthwhile to try to accomodate more people in the community. As always,
it's harder to identify what is bothering a particular group if you are
not part of that group. Kudos to the community (and to you Taylor) for
trying to move this topic forward in a constructive fashion.
 
> My interpretation thus far is that 'main' is the planned replacement for
> 'master'. Consensus seems to have formed around this name [5], but if that's
> incorrect--or there are yet-unvoiced opinions that you would like to share--now
> is the time to discuss further.

I'm not familiar with how formal consensus is built in this community, but take this as an explicit +1 from me.

Cheers! -Santiago

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Message 26 of 31 in “Consensus on a new default branch name”
  1. Taylor BlauJun 15, 2020
  2. Taylor BlauJun 15, 2020
  3. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  4. OlegJun 16, 2020
  5. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  6. OlegJun 16, 2020
  7. Konstantin RyabitsevJun 16, 2020
  8. OlegJun 16, 2020
  9. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  10. Konstantin RyabitsevJun 16, 2020
  11. Santiago Torres AriasJun 16, 2020
  12. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  13. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  14. Jason PyeronJun 16, 2020
  15. Steve LittJun 16, 2020
  16. OlegJun 16, 2020
  17. Michal SuchánekJun 17, 2020
  18. Michal SuchánekJul 1, 2020
  19. Jeff KingJul 1, 2020
  20. WhinisJul 2, 2020
  21. Philip OakleyJul 2, 2020
  22. WhinisJul 2, 2020
  23. Philip OakleyJul 2, 2020
  24. WhinisJul 2, 2020
  25. Jonathan NiederJul 1, 2020
  26. Santiago Torres AriasJun 15, 2020
  27. Elijah NewrenJun 15, 2020
  28. Jeff KingJun 16, 2020
  29. Junio C HamanoJun 17, 2020
  30. brian m. carlsonJun 15, 2020
  31. James RamsayJun 16, 2020

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