Re: Rename "master" branch to "main" for glibc 2.35 release.

[Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org>]

On 01/02/2022 09:14, DJ Delorie wrote:
> Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh@gotplt.org> writes:
>> So the idea of trying to eliminate a word or idea from popular
>> vocabulary is not exactly new, we humans do it all the time.
> 
> But there are plenty of examples of words changing for the better, too.
> Who doesn't want to master their fears?  Who isn't a slave to ambition?
> Even POSIX doesn't stay the same forever...

Words don't change, new meanings get added in, often making differences 
murkier.  Take 'fuck' for example; the word has so many meanings but it 
has an underlying flavour that implies a level and type of aggression 
that not many are comfortable with expressing openly.

> But this is neither here nor there; it's our decision in this case, and
> we should make it based on our reasons, not just because someone else
> told us to do it.  And we can do it the way we want to, in a way which
> is best for our users and community, which is why my only real
> opposition is to invalidating old documentation, when keeping it working
> is a trivial thing.

Agreed, I think that's a point (or at least similar) that Joseph raised 
too; there's no strong reason to break links right away, especially for 
a project that has kept libio untouched for fear of breaking programs 
built with gcc 2.95.

Siddhesh