Proposal-temporal: Why is master called main now?
master is a long-standing convention; changing it seems to only add unnecessary friction for contributors.
Ms2ger
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https://medium.com/@mikebroberts/let-s-stop-saying-master-slave-10f1d1bf34df <- the reason in a nutshell
but I totally agree this language is in common usage and is not going away, no reason to create confusion
michalDob
on 6 Sep 2019
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Yep @michalDob & @Ms2ger that's the reason. Someone flagged it explicitly and I didn't want to engage in that discussion. Much easier to just change the branch-name and be part of the solution rather than the problem.
Plus I don't buy the long-standing convention argument. The same can be said for the n-word and many other things. Not particularly convincing to me.
pipobscure
on 10 Sep 2019
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Yep @michalDob & @Ms2ger that's the reason. Someone flagged it explicitly and I didn't want to engage in that discussion. Much easier to just change the branch-name and be part of the solution rather than the problem.
Plus I don't buy the long-standing convention argument. The same can be said for the n-word and many other things. Not particularly convincing to me.