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 A00CD1F5AE for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 07:48:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726025AbgFQHsB (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:48:01 -0400 Received: from huan7.mail.rambler.ru ([81.19.78.6]:41090 "EHLO huan7.mail.rambler.ru" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725901AbgFQHsB (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:48:01 -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=zm90rucxgT2MXVHurV5/dfE/wA/xJJvO17F0sS+TKog=; b=aQ/uqw+F12u66f+irPwcPpFXHi sjxgv3YOC1V47hKEAeVwp29fE0XwvYL81XnRPT6qvP2H5AZtPmCyrpen6iQEgkY6pIqbRSCG72R4V bsvIo21sNAuvUyt9al9QWWJnzNdJhoxrbtmChfh6H+/FuyHxnOIs11PFMdZjI9bwIqrQ=; Received: from [UNAVAILABLE] ([194.190.114.28]:46054 helo=localhost) by huan7.mail.rambler.ru with esmtpa (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1jlSnf-0004z5-7w for git@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:47:59 +0300 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 10:49:40 +0300 From: Oleg To: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) Message-ID: <20200617074940.GB18445@legohost> Reply-To: Oleg References: <20200616210701.22924-1-zeevriend@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20200616210701.22924-1-zeevriend@gmail.com> 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 11:07:01PM +0200, ZeeVriend wrote: > First I want to thank you for the time. I think the change is good and discussion about inclusive really necessary. > Let me tell you I have Congolese ancestry. Today I develop in Brussels, Belgium - the irony you see, is not :-) > Second let me tell you the new master name 'main' is not so good chosen. In french 'main' LITERALLY means 'hand'. The recent > history in Congo will explain why this is bad. Not long ago slaves in Congo because of Belgian rulers. Very sad history, because > hands were cut off! Many Africans today still have family from then. My grandparents can tell me horrible stories when I visit :-( > I think you can see now why 'hand' or 'main' is very offensive to us. I can tell you, for French Africans this is MORE offensive > than 'master'! Because this reason, we do not want to be reminded of hands while using git. > Third I can suggest 2 more neutral alternatives. First one is 'default', which has almost same meaning in French. Second alternative > is 'zero' or 'branch0'. I like this one more, because it has an exact same meaning in French! Also it is very neutral and programmers No-no. Please. "branch" is sounds bad for cyrillic hear and has bad associations. Like a "брань". "zero" is like a "nothing" or "looser". -- Олег Неманов (Oleg Nemanov)