From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E3DEC3A5A9 for ; Mon, 4 May 2020 18:19:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47B9120721 for ; Mon, 4 May 2020 18:19:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730841AbgEDSTK (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 14:19:10 -0400 Received: from elephants.elehost.com ([216.66.27.132]:19147 "EHLO elephants.elehost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1730105AbgEDSTI (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 14:19:08 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at elehost.com Received: from gnash (CPE00fc8d49d843-CM00fc8d49d840.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [99.229.179.249]) (authenticated bits=0) by elephants.elehost.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPSA id 044IIMd9049557 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 4 May 2020 14:18:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from rsbecker@nexbridge.com) From: "Randall S. Becker" To: "'Robert P. J. Day'" , "'Simon Pieters'" Cc: References: In-Reply-To: Subject: RE: Rename offensive terminology (master) Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 14:18:17 -0400 Message-ID: <056c01d62240$66084e40$3218eac0$@nexbridge.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 16.0 Thread-Index: AQMHF4C68syg6gZU1RF29TrqBuT+VAF83mBkpippuDA= Content-Language: en-ca Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On May 4, 2020 1:54 PM, Robert P. J. Day Wrote: > On Mon, 4 May 2020, Simon Pieters wrote: > > > "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_co > > ncerns > > > > 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 > > uh ... i just popped over to that python.org discussion, and it does not even > *remotely* resemble what you describe. the gist of that discussion is that > most people seem opposed to a sweeping change, and are annoyed about all > the bandwidth that was wasted by one person harping about this. > > based on what i read at that link, python has in no way "taken a stance," so > i'm calling you on your rather egregious misrepresentation of what happened > there. If you are the repository owner on GitHub, BitBucket, or GitLab, you can change the default published branch to whatever you want, which is primarily where the publicly visible name would be - discounting private repos. "master" then becomes irrelevant and you can use "main" or "whatever". However, GitLabFlow depends heavily on the name being "master" for the workflow to make any sense. The OP might want to take this up with them. -Randall