From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-ej1-x62e.google.com (mail-ej1-x62e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::62e]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 31C6E3858D34 for ; Thu, 2 Jul 2020 20:58:46 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 31C6E3858D34 Received: by mail-ej1-x62e.google.com with SMTP id a1so31367300ejg.12 for ; Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:58:46 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rVRYR0//4SRYHBdMY5aGlZ5GVmrSxI6q9/nA3tE6BZM=; b=RA4POd7pUKnQ4ad9WLrfbXY2BXSFlIGIfhW2AAAjunpVdl1uoPmP+qqR0ri2iEaAjT yWKIecHxTTP1SG6BhgNVL1PyYuR9+eXgufznzRHykUvDNHFo92w8shM2a8f9PA64MwL3 +A4zV7KVy0WTwMXPgNDAWkVDwvRSSpaymU7j+Qr2G8vHi5Kg/Zeu3gyXIpkAWXvfhP4z OGj8cCNnyVY8xfVNEq1T8pu/2pWjRyn1XaISbFypHmfRhqmT8C/+65GDgnNehbIhzvdj GaYx9DjjdPxy2+zj6hsr+pESCjwxLNK6+Yu9m4OlhJF9MMxnGqtyCKz80xMIsXgl9isS Ul7Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM531mADff45uUxCBNn2xKgrJSQWs6C15cxSEA1fG21DRIg/zYYqU3 uIKp7A7tCy+pvPL6I0OZgABXe0SClBKz/QNn15A= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwX7/iUOrjQDan5EB0B5neHEJo7PFtCpB9Z0fjzr0v91MxLxAsWxYZJ5zjYL4G84iiY8AnpZ+d2MGVCM6pgveE= X-Received: by 2002:a17:907:94ca:: with SMTP id dn10mr28458874ejc.348.1593723525274; Thu, 02 Jul 2020 13:58:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 22:58:34 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Rename "master" branch to "main"? To: Zack Weinberg Cc: "Carlos O'Donell" , libc-alpha , Michael Kerrisk-manpages , "Joseph S. Myers" , Florian Weimer , Paul Eggert Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, FREEMAIL_FROM, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, 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: Thu, 02 Jul 2020 20:58:47 -0000 > 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