Re: 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 18:31 -0500, mcatanzaro gnome org wrote:
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:57 PM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> 
> wrote:
> > Seriously Michael, you’re embarrassing yourself.
>
> I don't feel very embarrassed. Your suggested alternative name,
> "main," 
> is clearly considered to be offensive by at least one of the very
> same 
> people who don't like "master," and who amazingly appears to be
> sincere 
> about this, so does it really still seem like a good option? We're
> not 
> going to accomplish much if we replace one apparently-offensive
> branch 
> name with another.
>
> Keep trying... eventually we'll find something that is inoffensive.
> I 
> don't think anybody has complained about "trunk" yet. At least I
> don't 
> think elephants will be contributing to GNOME anytime soon.

The person you quoted is a troll. In fact, I'm not sure there's any
comments on that issue that aren't trolls (apart from the OP and the
repository owner).

This is the sort of comment that person made on another platform:
https://dev.to/rkfg/comment/6bj4
(yes, they're so useful that they just get removed, you can see
snippets of the transphobic nature of them in the full thread if you
want to read)

I don't think you want to align yourself with this person. The rest of
your interactions in this thread and the original thread are coming out
as disruptive for the sake of it. Is changing the default git branch
really something you feel strongly about?