GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
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Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#2I guess now the whole master/slave tech should be renamed
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#3> but also terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" for "allow list" and "deny/exclude list."
Seriously?
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#4I guess now the whole master/slave tech should be renamed https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)
Already has been, as the link shows.
A pupil of mine was quite shocked to see an IDE cable labelled as such
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#5How many of these activists own a MasterCard? How many black people own one?
Ironically, outside the US the "Black edition MasterCard" is the top offer (named so, because (surprise) the card is black).
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#6how are we going to call the master branch in git?
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#7When they ask you what virtue signalling is, show them this.
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#8> but also terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" for "allow list" and "deny/exclude list." Seriously?
Makes sense, better wording and less racist.
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#9> but also terms like "blacklist" and "whitelist" for "allow list" and "deny/exclude list." Seriously?
Allow/deny listing makes a lot more sense to me than white/black listing
Re: GitHub to replace “master” with alternative term to avoid slavery references
#10How many of these activists own a MasterCard? How many black people own one? Ironically, outside the US the "Black edition MasterCard" is the top offer (named so, because ( surprise ) the card is black).
Isn't the American Express "Black" card the top of the heap too?