Awesome - thanks for making the plan/getting this underway!
On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 3:57 PM Mike Edwards via llvm-dev <llvm-...@lists.llvm.org> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > Many tech communities, including GitHub and Git, have moved away from term > “master branch” and replaced it with “main branch” in an > effort to remove unnecessary references to slavery and use more inclusive > terms. This was also discussed on the LLVM-dev mailing list > and there was strong consensus from LLVM Developers’ that the LLVM Project > should also rename our master branch as well. Now that > an industry standard name has been selected by GitHub, the LLVM Project can > begin the renaming process of the default branch to “main”. > > This change will occur at **06:00GMT on Monday December 7, 2020** (time is > **GMT**, please adjust for your local timezone). > > To make this as easy as possible we plan to do the following prior to > November 20, 2020: > * Create a new branch named 'test-main' on the llvm-project repository > * This branch will be read-only except for the llvmbot account > * Setup a GitHub action to mirror commits from 'master' to ‘test-main' > automatically > * Allow the configuration to soak for a few days to ensure everything > works > * Create a new branch named “main” on the llvm-project repository > * This branch will be readonly initially > * Reuse the previous Github Action to mirror master to main > * This configuration will stay in place until cutover takes place on Dec. > 7 > > On December 7, 2020: > * We will lock the master branch and change it to be readonly (with the > exception of llvmbot) > * Switch the GitHub action to mirror commits from the new main branch back to > the old master branch > * Make a few test commits to ensure the GitHub action is functioning as > expected > * Open the main branch to commits from community members > * In parallel we will begin to work through the rest of the llvm organization > repositories to update branch names as well > * We will update the developer policy to reflect the change in workflow > > On January 7, 2021: > * We will remove the ‘master’ branch from all repositories in the llvm > organization > > As we work towards December 7, 2020 we are going to set up a test of this > system on a fork of the llvm-project > in order to simulate the cutover. If we encounter any issues we will update > the community on llvm-dev. > We expect the llvm-project repository to be unavailable to developers for > approximately 1 hour while the > switch is made. Lockout will occur promptly at 06:00GMT on the 7th. Certainly > if we finish sooner, we will > update llvm-dev to let everyone know the repository is available for use once > again. > > We know this has been a long process and we want to thank everyone for their > patience. We look forward to getting > the project completed soon. > > Respectfully, > > Mike Edwards > On Behalf Of the LLVM Foundation > _______________________________________________ > LLVM Developers mailing list > llvm-...@lists.llvm.org > https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/llvm-dev _______________________________________________ lldb-dev mailing list lldb-dev@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lldb-dev
