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=-3.8 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 B30641F5AE for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 15:24:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1731423AbgFRPXL (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:23:11 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:35242 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729418AbgFRPXF (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:23:05 -0400 Received: from mail-qt1-x843.google.com (mail-qt1-x843.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::843]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E382FC06174E for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-qt1-x843.google.com with SMTP id q14so4688104qtr.9 for ; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=google; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=iatYzrowbGgOUfCWIIPtOTK0UXOTekJVMpzbOWOp1WY=; b=cfoSGiaqm2zO6qreZCq4mRqS8vKBDPG76kKrb+TK0DL5EHfMV9XyRql5Yo8fidTm8A p/n+1ak5aX5FQUWIyeK0GNL5zhlTje/l2lK39JSH8VlWj/QHlzORHFBmhKSavjrApoOD WA9XIC1Bs2W69puCEIMRwb2tYhmrn/7005CWM= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-disposition :in-reply-to; bh=iatYzrowbGgOUfCWIIPtOTK0UXOTekJVMpzbOWOp1WY=; b=FezfNrsiYI1cKzUQzh7WP32EVyj/m0Vn5HvcrtTqoQfy0nguQeyWueW+Vco7eIcRcH cOwOrhnUHa6kNoDA1YbP53pR5pTuCGuo/wL2pJQDjjPUy81lRidk5Shv26BHxMZlUts1 zlzTXQOmiPkQe4WeB9YpKpD4x12hLKOaoFvAL+ZuPX4AW6rbPj2zxcOOcnTmMwUUq297 MMjPUUIFIgf2xkqcwhmbD/5GqCt7uWtDe/tkLmvHC6uRG5ZLVJy4dqmA+ljnm0WvP8zX 9v5zDxLLlfSUndr7kkjrZSksbD0yYZRTpE9C6LMVeEZY5ZJNhHmE1gKDDZrFbU9rwkG+ 1DLw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532EhQyxyRdwb/CsU13YOz5R+Q40Lz3Auwdnc4n25ETCmPb39oz8 VFc8dA0TnxWT1/yRl0EYSrgCIg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxvFdKbhQxII2q/Qc35edHyC270ZfhJ3CRmEkYa/8BS1o3NNB40FmwuXkhMOFJMo0pKyUM91w== X-Received: by 2002:ac8:1742:: with SMTP id u2mr5067229qtk.341.1592493783948; Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from i7.mricon.com (107-179-243-71.cpe.teksavvy.com. [107.179.243.71]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id x30sm2324893qte.70.2020.06.18.08.23.01 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 08:23:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: by i7.mricon.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:23:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:23:00 -0400 From: Konstantin Ryabitsev To: demerphq Cc: Jonathan Nieder , Junio C Hamano , Michal =?utf-8?B?U3VjaMOhbmVr?= , =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9rgio?= Augusto Vianna , Johannes Schindelin , Don Goodman-Wilson , Git , newren@gmail.com, philipoakley@iee.email, "brian m. carlson" , Simon Pieters , Derrick Stolee Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) Message-ID: <20200618152300.cw7teo2jmxyfsl2l@chatter.i7.local> Mail-Followup-To: demerphq , Jonathan Nieder , Junio C Hamano , Michal =?utf-8?B?U3VjaMOhbmVr?= , =?utf-8?Q?S=C3=A9rgio?= Augusto Vianna , Johannes Schindelin , Don Goodman-Wilson , Git , newren@gmail.com, philipoakley@iee.email, "brian m. carlson" , Simon Pieters , Derrick Stolee References: <20200614181906.u42tuny3eipvhd46@chatter.i7.local> <20200616074316.GA21462@kitsune.suse.cz> <20200617201037.GA86579@google.com> <20200617201709.GB86579@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 09:57:42AM +0200, demerphq wrote: > > Of course I missed the other point --- hostnames like master. > > (e.g., a hypothetical master.kernel.org), refering to the source of > > truth for something that then gets replicated. > > > > I don't think we're likely to see hostnames like main.kernel.org > > because it's just *so generic* as a word. > > Yep, you summarized my point well. I would say master.kernel.org is a > correct use of the term "master copy", and the use in the branch name > is simply not. My "master branch" for git.git is NOT *the* master. This is actually an important philosophical point with software like git. There is no such thing as master.kernel.org for the very specific reason that we position kernel.org to be merely a convenient place where to get a *copy* of Linux. The "master copy" of the mainline tree exists only in once place -- on Linus's computer. -K