On Sep 9, 2021, at 12:09, Richard Purdie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > We have a decision facing us with 3.5. There are a number of invasive issues > looming on the horizon and I'm not sure exactly what the best thing to do with > them is. > > a) Inclusive language > > A lot of variables potentially need renaming with varying options for > backwards > compatibility. Do we add compatibility for all cases. How much do we help > users > with migration? Is there wide support for the changes? > > Do we change the master branch to something else? I personally have a > preference > for "devel" over "main" regardless of what others are doing as it matches what > it is in our case.
-1 for "main", https://www.etymonline.com/word/main > Old English mægen (Mercian megen) "power, bodily strength; force, violent > effort; strength of mind or will; efficacy; supernatural power," from > Proto-Germanic *maginam "power" (source also of Old High German megin > "strength, power, ability"), suffixed form of PIE root *magh- "to be able, > have power." > > Original sense of "power" is preserved in phrase might and main. Also used in > Middle English for "royal power or authority" (c. 1400), "military strength" > (c. 1300), "application of force" (c. 1300). The etymology of "main" invokes hierarchy rather than inclusive meritocracy. +1 for "devel" (works as verb, noun and adjective) or "unstable" (adjective). Rich
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