Thanks Goffi, I would second this. Apart from the non-technical motivation: the XSF's repos are one of the only ones that I still use that use 'master' rather than 'main'. Where my muscle memory previously disliked 'main', it now dislikes 'master'.
We would be far from the first to apply such a change. Tooling has matured well over the years to make the change pretty easy. I hope that this helps to take away most concerns that are of a technical nature. Kind regards, Guus On Tue, Jun 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM Goffi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello dear XSF Members, > > I see that we are still using "master" as the name of the main branch on > Git > repositories (here, for instance: https://github.com/xsf/xeps ). > > You are probably all aware that the use of this term has raised > controversy in > recent years, as it can be perceived as a reference to slavery (see > https:// > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%E2%80%93slave_(technology)#Controversy for > instance). > > To avoid this unwanted reference and ensure the XSF is welcoming to > everyone, > I propose that we change these branch names to "main," as many notable > projects have done (such as Python, the Linux Kernel, or GitHub). > > I'm not sure whether this matter should be discussed in the Board or > Council > (as it is a technical issue), but it would be good to add it to the agenda. > > Thank you! > Goffi
