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-ASN: AS53758 23.128.96.0/24 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, 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 1BF951F8C1 for ; Mon, 4 May 2020 17:43:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730118AbgEDRnS (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:43:18 -0400 Received: from cpanel7.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.8]:44523 "EHLO cpanel7.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1729386AbgEDRnS (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:43:18 -0400 Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.100.179]:52816 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel7.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jVf7c-00E0Lx-Uc; Mon, 04 May 2020 13:43:17 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 13:43:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Simon Pieters cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel7.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel7.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel7.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 May 2020, Simon Pieters wrote: > "master" is an offensive term, as it can be interpreted as being > slavery-origin terminology. See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)#Terminology_concerns > > The Python programming language, and various other projects, have > taken a stance and moved away from offensive terminology including > "master". See https://bugs.python.org/issue34605 > > When different projects using git decide to move away from "master" > as the name of their main branch, inconsistency ensues between > projects. See https://github.com/desktop/desktop/issues/6478 (and > "Related Issues and Projects"). > > To avoid offensive terminology and to avoid further inconsistency, I > think git should use a different branch name than "master" when > initiating a repo. I don't have a strong opinion, but I like "main" > since it shares the first two characters and it's shorter. please, no ... this is just massive and unnecessary churn, and it opens up a ridiculous can of worms. if you change this, then of course you will have to reword everything related to data buses that are defined to work on a "master-slave" basis. and would you have to stop describing your competence in a particular field as having attained a "mastery" of the subject matter? this is just a bad idea. rday