Indeed, if we change the name of the default branch, it should be something standard, so "main". Projects with non-standard branch names are pointlessly annoying to navigate.
Regards Antoine. On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 13:47:11 +0300 Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > 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. > > _______________________________________________ > > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > > Message archived at > > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/HRHPZSNZ7INSK2NLE6LNYMMP767AIVRT/ > > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ > _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/ODPNOLLLSWAME3NK3WXNBSGYCMDCB2CI/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
