On 4/5/24 15:57, Simon Horman wrote:
> Recently OVS adopted a policy of using the inclusive naming word list v1
> [1, 2].
>
> In keeping with this policy rename the primary development branch from
> 'master' to 'main'. This patch does not actually make that change, but
> rather updates references to the branch in documentation in the source
> tree. It is intended to be applied at (approximately) the same time
> that the change is made.
>
> OVS is currently hosted on GitHub. We can expect the following behaviour
> after the rename:
>
> 1. GitHub pull requests against are renamed branch are automatically
> re-homed on new branch
> 2. GitHub Issues do not seem to be affected - at least the test issue I
> created had no association with a branch
> 3. URLs accessed via the GitHub web UI are automatically renamed
> (so long as a new branch called master is not created).
> 4. Using the git cli command, fetch will fetch the new branch (main),
> and fetch -p will remove (prune) the old branch (master)
>
> [1] df5e5cf4318a ("Documentation: Add section on inclusive language.")
> [2] https://inclusivenaming.org/word-lists/
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <[email protected]>
> ---
> Changes in v3:
> - This patch only updates documentation. Update the patch prefix and
> description accordingly.
> - Drop documentation of 'tested on "master" branch' rather than updating
> it, as the updated text seems somewhat nonsensical.
> - Correct indentation of NEWS entry.
Thanks, Simon!
Acked-by: Ilya Maximets <[email protected]>
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Keep two blank lines between versions.
> - Drop bogus update to OpenSSL hashes URL in appveyor.yml.
> - Drop other appveyor.yml changes, they are now present upstream.
> + appveyor: Prepare for rename of primary development branch.
> https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/95ff912edef8
> - Add note about updates to git configuration.
> ---
> Notes:
>
> * Now is the time to raise any concerns regarding this patch.
> It is planned to implement this change next week.
Do you have particular date in mind?
Best regards, Ilya Maximets.
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