I think https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/GDAUZKYB6GP3A3ZGBSQ4KQ7R6QFIZHZC/ and
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RE3V6Y7CPHOL6LGPPYSVS3XQFTIQRZ3J/ already explained the reasons in
sufficient detail -- that "main" is a politically correct replacement for "master" and is supposed to take over as the default branch name
in Git.
I'm against using a nonstandard default branch name because I have firsthand experience with one (in the Multibuild project) and it was
really confusing.
On 10.03.2021 13:36, Mark Shannon wrote:
Hi,
Why choose "main" as a replacement for "master"?
It's the development branch, shouldn't we call it "development" or "dev"?
We give release branches meaningful names, so why give the development branch the
not-so-meaningful name "main".
From a user's perspective the "main" branch is whatever their version of Python
is built from.
Cheers,
Mark.
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