It is NOT a general convention. It is a push by Microsoft (owners of GitHub). Outside of GitHub, the git command still uses "master" as the default name.
> I agree, not yet. But I think the writing is on the wall that this will be the new convention. FYI for accuracy the git installer includes an option to change the default branch name with a notice that there will be an upcoming change to have the default name be something more inclusive: https://sfconservancy.org/news/2020/jun/23/gitbranchname/ . This notice appears to predate Github's announcement of the change of name of the default branch: https://github.com/github/renaming Damian (he/him) On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 12:56 PM Paul Bryan <pbr...@anode.ca> wrote: > On Thu, 2021-03-11 at 02:20 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote: > > It is NOT a general convention. It is a push by Microsoft (owners of > GitHub). Outside of GitHub, the git command still uses "master" as the > default name. > > > I agree, not yet. But I think the writing is on the wall that this will be > the new convention. > > This is a *political* move made for *political* reasons, and has > consequences downstream. Why is it so important to cause actual real > problems for no reason other than to feel good about one insignificant > piece of language - and, as Steve pointed out, not even the most > significant one? > > > I don't see this so much as "feel good" as much as "fit in". I do not > appreciate the cost of fitting-in though in this case. > > To elaborate, there are words we would clearly not use when naming > branches, modules, classes, etc. I don't think this list is fixed; I think > it changes with the times, and if we value our community, then our > community's (changing) standards should figure into our choices. > > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > 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/LYMQXOKK6Y4KOBQPO6QUR5SIQY53CGUW/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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