On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 17:54 Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:47 AM Damian Shaw > <damian.peter.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Does 'master' confuse people? > > > > There's a general movement to replace language from common programming > practises that derive from, or are associated with, the dehumanization of > people. Such as master and slave, as well as whitelist and blacklist. > > > > Is that *actually* the origin of the term in this context, or is it > the "master", the pristine, the original from which copies are made? > There's no "slave" branch anywhere in the git repository. > > I detest these changes that create churn and don't actually solve any > problems. They allow people to feel good about themselves for having > "made a change", while actually making no useful change whatsoever > (are disadvantaged people's lives going to be improved by this > rename?). What next? Are we going to crack down on any courses that > proclaim to help you to "master the Python language"? Does that, too, > have to be renamed? What an unfortunate response, but feel free to find something else to do after the change has been made. >
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