Let’s check all the repos:
geode
master is the latest released code
work is done on develop (default branch)
geode-benchmarks
master is the latest released code
work is done on develop (default branch)
geode-dotnet-core-client
master is the latest released code
work is done on develop (default branch)
geode-native
master is the latest released code
work is done on develop (default branch)
geode-site
asf-site is the CMS branch for publishing
work is done on master (default branch)
geode-examples
master is the default branch and latest release
work is done on develop
geode-kafka-connector
work is done on master (default branch)
For some repos, removing `master` entirely seems pretty low impact.
Side note: when I work in other projects it’s always nice to `git clone XXX`
and be working on a known good branch. For the geode repo the default branch
is develop so that doesn’t really apply—it’s just as much friction to checkout
main as rel/v1.12.0.
For geode-examples, there is more impact since master is the default branch and
anyone who has accessed these examples would be affected. I think it’s still
worth it to make the switch.
Are there any effects on CI jobs? README files?
Side node #2: GitHub has suggested they will be supporting this name change,
but the details of when and how are unclear. And other Apache projects are
moving in this direction as well.
Anthony
> On Jun 26, 2020, at 8:37 AM, Bruce Schuchardt <bru...@vmware.com> wrote:
>
> Let's just delete it. I need to do that in my own repos as well.
>
> On 6/26/20, 8:05 AM, "Blake Bender" <bbl...@vmware.com> wrote:
>
> Apologies if this has been addressed already and I missed it. In keeping
> with other OSS projects, I believe it’s time we did something about removing
> the insensitive term master from Geode repositories.
>
> One choice a lot of projects appear to be going with is a simple rename
> from master • main. In our own case, however, master isn’t really in use for
> anything vital. We track releases with a tag and a branch to backport fixes
> to, and the develop branch is the “source of truth” latest-and-greatest
> version of the code. We could thus simply delete master with no loss I’m
> aware of. Any opinions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Blake
>
>
