From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278301F5AE for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:31:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728965AbgFPO3W (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:22 -0400 Received: from whinis.com ([198.205.115.165]:40572 "EHLO whinis.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728716AbgFPO3W (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:22 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whinis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E269E7C2F17; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:20 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=whinis.com; s=mail; t=1592317760; bh=C9Na4PXOTePbcDWN/0x73VSsyNwBz6K0lY4nBSA7qos=; h=To:Cc:References:Subject:From:Date:In-Reply-To; b=gRcKfzbqXHMf2iFRZmR9wyTb+iY6JJs/VZ53fONuKJRj3pcFjwQ489nRkTBzcqP2k iSqG4mAOM8phzUuIJljhP+LKY86vnGHlGAHZcmzGcAibHuj+6aHGeNQSULs+qoq3xN nfV3nX64XdjneeH46KQCwSYFdw0icrpxg7aTyHmM= X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at whinis.com Received: from whinis.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (asgard.whinis.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lhPoIRp9EZCq; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:19 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [192.168.1.117] (c-73-139-109-188.hsd1.fl.comcast.net [73.139.109.188]) by whinis.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 748AF7C200E; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:19 -0400 (EDT) To: msuchanek@suse.de Cc: alexsmith@gmail.com, don@goodman-wilson.com, git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com, konstantin@linuxfoundation.org, sandals@crustytoothpaste.net, sergio.a.vianna@gmail.com, simon@bocoup.com References: <20200616141441.GH21462@kitsune.suse.cz> Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) From: Whinis Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:29:18 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20200616141441.GH21462@kitsune.suse.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org > Have you even read what the proposed change is? > > It allows changing the name of the branch that is created by git init > using a configuration variable. Nothing else. > > It is also proposed to change the default for this variable in a future > release of git that is expected to have far more disruptive changes, > such as different hash used for commit IDs. One is a rather massive change presumably to prevent collisions and fix a potentially catastrophic failure of a repository, the other could introduce rather massive breaking and disruptive changes..... because? Trying to downplay that its just changing the name is rather disingenuous especially with how much it is changing. Its not a simple rename and breaks a base assumption which is not something that should be done or allowed lightly. Comparing disruptive changes that are to maintain the actual use and function going forward of the software and one that appears to be fueled solely by an emotional drive without any articulate technical merit so far is an odd choice to make.