Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 08:47 +0200, Daniel Mustieles García via desktop-
devel-list wrote:
> El mié., 1 may. 2019 a las 14:39, Michael Gratton (<mike vee net>)
> escribió:
> > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 14:30, Carmen Bianca Bakker 
> > <carmen carmenbianca eu> wrote:
> > > I think the problem is that, when prompted why we should make
> > this
> > > change, you said that we need only look at Python to see why this
> > > change is good. But Python did NOT change the name of their
> > master
> > > branch, so it's a disingenuous example.
> >
> > I never claimed that, so I'm actually the one being mis-
> > represented 
> > here. :)
>
> YOU DID. You've argued we should change master branch name because
> Python, Django, Rust did it. You've mixed two concepts: the use of
> master/slave terms in source code and the name of the master branch.
> Please don't fall in victimism, you have done wrong and you should
> fix it.
>
> You are completely free to change every "master" appearance in your
> source code if you want so, but you shouldn't change master branch's
> name, we have explained why several times.
>
> > I did however point out that Python has replaced uses of the term 
> > "master", and we should do the same.

This thread isn't just about git branches, that's just what you used to
derail the thread and yell at Michael early on.

Here's the original mail for reference:
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-April/msg00049.html

In particular:
"
The scope would be to replace occurrences of the terms appearing in the
user interface, web sites, documentation, APIs (except as deprecated
symbols), and git repositories - essentially wherever a person using or
developing software for GNOME may reasonably encounter them.
"