Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules

[mcatanzaro gnome org]

This should go without saying, but master branches are not a reference 
to slavery, rather to canonicity. The master branch is the canonical 
branch, the primary copy. The relevant dictionary definition here 
(Merriam-Webster) is "an original from which copies can be made." As 
was pointed out by Ask on GitLab, this is about as much a reference to 
slavery as Jedi Master. We should go to reasonable lengths to avoid 
offending reasonable people, but if someone is offended by innocuous 
phrases like Master's degree, master plumber, Masterpiece Theater, or 
the word "masterful," then I'd suggest rethink why and consider that 
it's probably not reasonable.

Your first reference doesn't even mention slavery, but complains that 
the language is gendered, based on an archaic definition (little boy, 
"young master"). This was true 200 years ago. It's rarely ever used 
today.

Naming your primary branch something other than the 
universally-accepted default branch name is going to confuse and 
irritate an awful lot of developers for almost no benefit.

Michael