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Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master)
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> It of course opens a different can of worms ;-) Even though we can
> please master-slave-haters by moving away from the particular word
> 'master', those who cannot stand the very idea of one thing being
> special among others will not be satisfied (and we shouldn't even
> try to please them, IMO).

As somebody who does not like the idea of things being special,
I'm considering renaming "master" of the few projects I maintain
to "unofficial".  It fits my anti-centralization and
anti-authoritarian mind, at least :>