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=-1.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BODY_8BITS, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM,FREEMAIL_REPLYTO_END_DIGIT,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 400DD1F5AE for ; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:59:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729951AbgFPS7L (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:59:11 -0400 Received: from huan9.mail.rambler.ru ([81.19.78.8]:44230 "EHLO huan9.mail.rambler.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729103AbgFPS7L (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 Jun 2020 14:59:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rambler.ru; s=mail; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Reply-To:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=ny3CwqZBmQKJdrxflQKSUgRXYRLlLGaC3gRFnKol0IU=; b=ZdQXlGtc/e9EtkySugC+WlxVo1 pRB/jBHxj9S2/6KTe6t9kWInwfA1P4VMLX6uQF5Mg8y9uFfs3RoGpvoQX2buVAPku5cTmS5lBS9+k Uy7uLLeZAAVhIjqJbt3ybcjU6hq95ztQRfkUi/CbUIRPe+WFsrxhC4ARPQsfdDYdfUik=; Received: from [UNAVAILABLE] ([194.190.114.28]:60146 helo=localhost) by huan9.mail.rambler.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jlGnc-0000RB-V6 for git@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 21:59:09 +0300 Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 22:00:50 +0300 From: Oleg To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Consensus on a new default branch name Message-ID: <20200616190044.GB27441@legohost> Reply-To: Oleg References: <20200615205722.GG71506@syl.local> <20200615212154.GA79696@syl.local> <20200616143107.GL666057@coredump.intra.peff.net> <20200616161001.fa5wa2br5ois2csr@chatter.i7.local> <20200616134449.1c27cf7c@mydesk.domain.cxm> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20200616134449.1c27cf7c@mydesk.domain.cxm> User-Agent: Mutt/1.12.1 (2019-06-15) X-Rambler-User: lego_12239@rambler.ru/194.190.114.28 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 01:44:49PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > Makes perfect sense to me. No reasonable person can argue against > giving individual repository owners the ability to *easily* call their > "primary" branch anything they want. This is great. But > This flame war plus the publicity it generated lets everybody know that > someday, whether in 1 month or 5 years, the default will be something > other than "master", so they'll start changing their software and > scripts to accommodate a variable instead of a hardcode, so when the > change happens, there will be minimal software disruption and minimal > hurt feelings. this is not. Damn. Did you see what people say here? Why are you even forcing people to do this? Just stay "master" as a default and everyone will be happy. -- Олег Неманов (Oleg Nemanov)