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

[Michael Gratton <mike vee net>]

Hi Günther,

On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 14:16, Günther Wagner <info gunibert de> wrote:
> i read this list with interest because its a controversial topic. What
> i want to know: lets take the approach and rename all master-branches
> to something different. Anyone thought about that this will lead to
> more usage of master than it is used now? People will come up in
> IRC and will ask where is the master branch. And you have to discuss
> this probably with every newcomer that we changed it because master
> is not inclusive enough. And then you have to discuss the same topic
> with every newcomer exactly like it is discussed here.

Good point. I'd suggest though if we don't make this change then we 
will be using the term forever, however if we do make this change then 
use of it will decline over time, both as people get used to it and as 
word spreads.

Further, tools like Gitlab make it obvious what the mainline branch is 
called (it shows up with a badge labelling it as "default") and is 
automatically chosen when appropriate, e.g. when creating a merge 
request. So for newcomers it will be more a case of them just learning 
what a different name from the get-go.

Cheers,
//Mike

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