From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-2.mimecast.com [207.211.31.81]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7611C3844079 for ; Fri, 3 Jul 2020 15:37:18 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 7611C3844079 Received: from mail-qv1-f69.google.com (mail-qv1-f69.google.com [209.85.219.69]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-33-8NjDpwjUN5mFcmkPtKrf_A-1; Fri, 03 Jul 2020 11:37:15 -0400 X-MC-Unique: 8NjDpwjUN5mFcmkPtKrf_A-1 Received: by mail-qv1-f69.google.com with SMTP id q5so20774875qvp.23 for ; Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:37:15 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:organization :message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to :content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=qvuK0TqkyS5S+rs6HLHs3TXYECIYba1FZpIOpFTN3/4=; b=TyGtiInOu1Y34J9xV7LVEGzbMCKIm4+F4Qu74ImOGL++17SBuGsVbgkpTQBS4we35C SEo38b0Wz3b916LrtycjgopYEBRBizL9WP70Jaq17sGQVuqDHaqpy8b5upQi/tpX9/Zz ZUXws0TB17CehIA8cXhSfJO/Cv1+WXsGdzrK6XjsmodcycJjfyZbfZyxcZBz8EnB8LhG ZzIO78ok3UHbTUowX7OiNyZdDBEt3IHC3s4I39ICaZQPNx3R+9BrtBzWudf4tZbQngDT shPL5ffw3JFgVwBgCkIcLyFahEtIGQGSd/bDgd6z7tCfK/NtPpEb3XEvY8hog1M7YGP+ 6nJg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5302mjZjj5PxiNk1W4xBnPptNcbXnltL0yfNPpRLRajDYZOiaZ5F +tPhXKmbux1LZ55R4HXr33mNYIWhxbwz9I8CtejGMOb8Ltp9nC++aiRhlwrdHbDJ31XKRZ8BBsE QEmGMF5/rQJWY74HunGBG X-Received: by 2002:ad4:4645:: with SMTP id y5mr36704580qvv.163.1593790634970; Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:37:14 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzcru1iISL7SnaWn3LN+ygesr2i33khZI0LCLTlSmICtjYX1nZN7NLOH62uBiNyDirPd0+FZA== X-Received: by 2002:ad4:4645:: with SMTP id y5mr36704565qvv.163.1593790634743; Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:37:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.4] (198-84-170-103.cpe.teksavvy.com. [198.84.170.103]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id q47sm12333942qta.16.2020.07.03.08.37.13 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 03 Jul 2020 08:37:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Rename "master" branch to "main"? To: Richard Earnshaw , libc-alpha References: From: Carlos O'Donell Organization: Red Hat Message-ID: <1c73e9ab-ad07-dc42-d067-89b5b950f727@redhat.com> Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2020 11:37:13 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-7.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, KAM_SHORT, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Jul 2020 15:37:19 -0000 On 7/3/20 11:22 AM, Richard Earnshaw wrote: > On 30/06/2020 19:10, Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha wrote: >> Community, >> >> As we approach the release boundary for 2.32 we come to a natural point >> where we can rename our development and release branch. >> >> Red Hat CTO Chris Wright wrote about this recently: >> https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/making-open-source-more-inclusive-eradicating-problematic-language >> >> LWN also wrote about this recently in "Loaded terms in free software": >> https://lwn.net/Articles/823224/ >> >> Github is committed to changing the default development branch to "main": >> https://twitter.com/natfriedman/status/1271253144442253312 >> >> There are open requests for Gitlab to adopt "main" as the default branch name: >> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/220906 >> https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/222204 >> >> My proposal would be to rename the development and current release branch: >> >> * master -> main > > > Why? Do the above links provide enough background regarding the justification? Are you requesting that I summarize it here? -- Cheers, Carlos.