Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules

[drago01 <drago01 gmail com>]

On Friday, April 26, 2019, Michael Gratton <mike vee net> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 09:02, Carmen Bianca Bakker <carmen carmenbianca eu> wrote:
> > Defaults and conventions matter. One reason I like GNOME so much is
> > because the defaults are amazing. And while "master" is a bit of a
> > sucky default, it still has a lot of weight as a default. And I
> > question whether it is worth the effort to change that default over a
> > tiny bit of suckiness.
>
> This precisely indicates the problem with the current situation: The current default sucks, but nobody is willing to change it because nearly everyone every one else is doing it.
>
> And frankly, "because everyone is doing it" is a terrible argument for continuing to do something shitty. If we don't take the first step to fix the problem, who will?

Assuming there is a problem in the first place which I doubt. I never heard of a case where someone refused to contribute to a project just because the default branch is called master.

I'd suggest to focus on real world problems instead instead of creating some by fixing a non existing one.