Hello, one question: If agreed, who would volunteer to do the work (without breaking anything)?
Cheers, Eddie Jun 10, 2025 12:43:46 PM Badri Sunderarajan <[email protected]>: > I agree with Guus and was about to comment on similar lines. > >> 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'. > > My muscle memory, too, has come to expect 'main', and when I see 'master' my > first (unfounded) impression is that this is an old repo or some king of > legacy project. > >> 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. > Adding to this: there are many web pages explaining specifically how to > change the "master" to "main", including this one that I found from a quick > web search. It seems simple enough: > https://www.hanselman.com/blog/easily-rename-your-git-default-branch-from-master-to-main >> >> 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 >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%E2%80%93slave_(technology)#Controversy> >> for >> instance). >> > I wasn't aware of that controversy. But if those connotations are indeed > there I'd be happy to see the name changed, even on non-technical grounds :) > > Best, > Badri
