From: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
To: Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com>
Cc: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>,
libc-alpha <libc-alpha@sourceware.org>,
Michael Kerrisk-manpages <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>,
"Joseph S. Myers" <joseph@codesourcery.com>,
Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>,
Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: Rename "master" branch to "main"?
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 22:58:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CALxWeYoZRHAQtXzk-eihnnCA3YTV=PMxeLHYqRkDSgsBNupMjg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKCAbMgvfY2O3Cr+DnueOd188+dpoaxBJpshZpVWbqw7QAfy6g@mail.gmail.com>
> That said I think this is not as important as other, similar, changes
> we could make. For instance, the term "master" is used _along with_
> "slave" in manual/terminal.texi, and I fully intend to rewrite that
> chapter to eliminate that terminology as soon as I find the time.
> Anyone want to beat me to it?
No, but please include me in the discussions. It would be good if libc
and man-pages could find common terminology.
But I agree also with Joseph that the scope is wider and we should
think about what terminology POSIX might (be convinced to) switch to.
Unlike Florian, I'm not excessively attached to the need to settle on
a name that starts with 's'. I think it might be too easy to get into
knots trying to find names that match 'm' and 's', and one should at
least allow for the possibility of good names that don't fit with
those letters; what would be best, IMO, is names that "feel right".
That said, Paul's mail landed while I was composing this, and I find
"main" and "subsidiary" are not awful as ideas, though "main" feels a
little contrived.
Thanks,
Michael
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-07-02 20:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-06-30 18:10 Carlos O'Donell
2020-06-30 18:35 ` Paul Eggert
2020-06-30 20:16 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-06-30 21:08 ` Paul Eggert
2020-06-30 18:59 ` Florian Weimer
2020-06-30 20:14 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-01 9:38 ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-03 15:26 ` Richard Earnshaw
2020-07-03 15:33 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-06-30 21:24 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-30 21:44 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-06-30 22:56 ` Joseph Myers
2020-06-30 22:59 ` DJ Delorie
2020-07-01 7:17 ` Andreas Schwab
2020-07-01 15:42 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-01 12:29 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-07-01 12:49 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-01 13:41 ` Adhemerval Zanella
2020-07-01 16:15 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-01 17:45 ` DJ Delorie
2020-07-01 18:29 ` Paul Eggert
2020-07-01 18:43 ` DJ Delorie
2020-07-02 15:40 ` Zack Weinberg
2020-07-02 16:00 ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-02 16:36 ` Joseph Myers
2020-07-02 20:46 ` Paul Eggert
2020-07-04 16:43 ` Zack Weinberg
2020-07-02 20:58 ` Michael Kerrisk [this message]
2020-07-03 15:20 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-04 16:52 ` Pseudoterminal terminology (was Re: Rename "master" branch to "main"?) Zack Weinberg
2020-07-05 14:54 ` J William Piggott
2020-07-06 9:18 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-06 9:13 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-27 20:32 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-27 20:52 ` enh
2020-07-27 20:55 ` enh
2020-07-27 20:59 ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-27 22:48 ` enh
2020-07-28 15:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-28 15:32 ` Florian Weimer
2020-07-28 15:44 ` enh
2020-07-28 19:16 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-28 19:18 ` enh
2020-07-28 18:47 ` enh
2020-07-28 19:27 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2020-07-28 19:33 ` enh
2020-07-03 15:22 ` Rename "master" branch to "main"? Richard Earnshaw
2020-07-03 15:37 ` Carlos O'Donell
2020-07-13 15:14 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-01-14 9:21 ` Mike Frysinger
2021-01-14 11:17 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2021-01-14 17:54 ` Joseph Myers
2021-01-14 20:56 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-01-14 21:42 ` Mike Frysinger
2021-01-20 13:49 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-01-21 0:23 ` Mike Frysinger
2021-01-21 13:30 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-01-21 13:57 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-01-21 17:06 ` Mike Frysinger
2021-01-21 19:37 ` Carlos O'Donell
2021-01-21 20:19 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-01-22 2:32 ` Mike Frysinger
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