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=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, 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 5EADB1F531 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2020 03:46:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726233AbgHHDqS (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:46:18 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54626 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726202AbgHHDqS (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Aug 2020 23:46:18 -0400 Received: from mail-io1-xd2e.google.com (mail-io1-xd2e.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2e]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D87E6C061756 for ; Fri, 7 Aug 2020 20:46:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-io1-xd2e.google.com with SMTP id s189so3883555iod.2 for ; Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:46:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0YzjCWVl4E32S7Moazzk/LehTRZn69wSGW4wQ4KRDvc=; b=PUd87eJgcndnCPC4lKQB1b3xbESFo9SQxbtabo3vSxVGmZPTKv0V0pf8pudYlmaV7F e5famRfwZEnNaa0P7GlYAcK564JGUIZ7nd3xMi1KWxi/NL6/Rl8VcaBoMhgMjulJ8TDK QYuN8k40dVRO2Ld/UNdcz0/1LDMC5nh9AqDHyPpQgkV81SxV9/LxNAOGb6FS6ArkBBwi D90rn+67tNbB+0OCyzL84ayKNXXDesCIRnjHn7H27EWdLWFcbevACZcRj0upqFVQe/bH TM4MnrmnSDItWqwHWkjD3ANB0q/K3xhyY3R1wkfVRpSNO5H2AuLJrRgOBePiVwETGLxn ya5A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:to:from:subject:message-id:date:user-agent :mime-version:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=0YzjCWVl4E32S7Moazzk/LehTRZn69wSGW4wQ4KRDvc=; b=bnxOcrnx5V8bJE022pERA9njgeVrvMNkSnHqfk5HwZotKcI260MgSre6xqjGi5ulsZ ZjOP40Es5ic9AavVKSzGLOIBsuG+lKZ5WqQzFo9y1FFhTjUPyGZYFPAlKycYrd46fuWM rLgwx76/+zP7IMHtfBmYDeu9zdTHHrK1IEjbvcsFWZh4yCC977cI+aU5SeS4yoDxi7L+ pgBrrirrBrEr4vtPMfrjXKGiuyFGm5AALWj3FkwmA1w71258mocv5sctGHih5qcqcOf5 tGUmmJ6IUWyr3zUY8Mn3uQxjEc+mmDlyhJohH4JSLNwSZbJMP869hVfx5WZvBqMJFJ+s MmRw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531Yh/g+8Uljnplbpx7eLiv/9MM6MfRgAkmhSVfe0xuG/QYyrrRk jc8j6loZh+oXW0vcjr9Cnnsu5XHa X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJyK/Lewa/kuPatonYS4Wivo3xLvu3T5NHdw6pWX0HXElQ07zFoV4bxCVx3P3/ogPb1zLWHezg== X-Received: by 2002:a5e:db0d:: with SMTP id q13mr7331401iop.87.1596858376725; Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.2] ([96.78.87.197]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id h9sm5185148ils.53.2020.08.07.20.46.15 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 07 Aug 2020 20:46:16 -0700 (PDT) To: git@vger.kernel.org From: Jefferson Carpenter Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 03:46:03 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.9.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Changing the default name would have an impact on teachability. If you're assisting someone on learning Git, and you have to ask them to find out if their main branch is called "master" or "main", that adds complication to the learning process. They'll wonder if they have to do this every time, etc. I think it would harm the Git ecosystem for the default to be changed anywhere - including hosting companies. -Jefferson P.S. Sorry if that was already mentioned, this is a long thread!