Re: Rename offensive terminology (master)
On Mon, 4 May 2020, Simon Pieters wrote:
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> "master" is an offensive term, as it can be interpreted as being
> slavery-origin terminology. See
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)#Terminology_concerns
>
> The Python programming language, and various other projects, have
> taken a stance and moved away from offensive terminology including
> "master". See https://bugs.python.org/issue34605
>
> When different projects using git decide to move away from "master"
> as the name of their main branch, inconsistency ensues between
> projects. See https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/6478 (and
> "Related Issues and Projects").
>
> To avoid offensive terminology and to avoid further inconsistency, I
> think git should use a different branch name than "master" when
> initiating a repo. I don't have a strong opinion, but I like "main"
> since it shares the first two characters and it's shorter.
please, no ... this is just massive and unnecessary churn, and it
opens up a ridiculous can of worms. if you change this, then of course
you will have to reword everything related to data buses that are
defined to work on a "master-slave" basis. and would you have to stop
describing your competence in a particular field as having attained a
"mastery" of the subject matter?
this is just a bad idea.
rday
Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>