Re: Replacing "master" reference in git branch names (was Re: Proposal: Replace all references to master/slave in GNOME modules)

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

> On 4 May 2019, at 00:29, mcatanzaro gnome org wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:09 AM, Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> wrote:
> > - And to what?
> > A few possible names were mentioned/used. "mainline" was thought to
> > have strong connections to drug use, "release" (use in the contributor
> > covenant) seems to restrictive (we also do releases from other
> > branches). I like "main" because it keeps 2 letters from "master" so
> > diminishes the need to retrain your muscle memory. "trunk" definitely
> > makes sense when talking about branches but doesn't have the "ma<tab>"
> > advantage.
>
> "main" seems like it should be safe, yet since you linked to 
> https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/contributor_covenant/issues/569 it seems fair to quote the second 
> comment there:
>
> > "Main" suggests inequality, I'm against that.
>
> So good luck finding an inoffensive name for the, er, primary branch. (I probably shouldn't say "primary," 
> though, since primacy also suggests inequality....)

Seriously Michael, you’re embarrassing yourself.