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Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
That saves two bytes.
Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
I for one think it's great that people are willing to make things a little more accessible for more people. If people want to be part of our community of developers I think it's great that these organizations listen to people who might have a problem with certain terminology. Even though I don't have a problem with those terms, I think it's still worth evaluating if they're worth keeping if it makes it harder for som…
How does this make anything more accessible for anyone?
(1) Default name doesn't have inherent value; therefore, changing the default isn't a big deal (low downside), even if the upside is low
(2) "master" is for some reason a better name than "main"
I never see the people complaining about this stuff spelling out a reason why it's a bad idea to change (2), and am forced to conclude that we are in scenario (1).
It seems to me that opinion is much more divided on the amount of upside in changing the name. But if the downside is virtually non-existent, who cares? If this is important to some people, shouldn't we just listen to them, and move on?
Another victim of this hysteria. Will surely make a point to switch it back every time I create a repo.
See, that would be making yourself a victim of "hysteria". If you just raised an eyebrow and moved on then your claim that it's "hysteria" might have more weight but you'd have less opportunity to grandstand about it. This is also an amusing choice of terminology because of the origin of the word hysteria but I'm going to guess you didn't do that on purpose.