On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:38:46 +0000 MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > On 2021-03-10 15:17, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:23:33 +0000 > > David Mertz <me...@gnosis.cx> wrote: > >> > >> Renaming main branches as 'main' is currently predominant practice on > >> GitHub (and more broadly in Free Software communities). Python doesn't > >> need to cling to an old name based on a tired argument that political > >> sensitivity is a creeping plot to destroy old "fun" prejudices and > >> injustices. > > > > Uh... Since you're putting "fun" in quotes, I assume this is quoting > > someone else? (who?) > > > It's not a quote, it's Irony punctuation (in this case, used to indicate > sarcasm): > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
Sarcasm about what? About slavery? I don't understand, sorry. In any case, be mindful that irony depends on shared cultural references, and what seems obvious to you or David may seem flabbergasting to others. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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/ZDMV3D6CGAWJMTOY2UPCQZSPARMMNPK7/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
