If the cultural revolution continues at this pace, they might take a page from the Red Khmer textbook and murder them instead.
Let's hope they settle for just making people beg and grovel.
GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
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Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#42I've said it before, and I predict it now again: a language that is named after valuable mineral chunks that are often/usually/predominately mined by slave labor in predominately non-white countries is better thinking about a rebrand. Especially when it's basically ground zero for SJW activity in software development.
Do you mean ruby?
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#43I'm a strong supporter of social justice. I don't really object to people putting in work to change language like that if they think it's important. Especially when the work required is minimal. That said, this is slightly ridiculous. Have customers seriously complained about the term "master"? And my impression was that the usage was more similar to "master copy" than "master of the plantation". Honestly, it's frust…
I don't think it's because people are offended at the use of the word master, in this case. I think, that it's symbolic. By making a point of getting rid of the word master, you're showing that black lives matter.
What about all other races that are discriminated against or people that are bullied? Do those matter?
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#44But what about master-slave DB replication!
In PostgreSQL it is master / standby. It still uses the word "master" though so you can rest assured that a purple haired transperson on Twitter is going to be triggered by it sooner or later.
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#45I'm a strong supporter of social justice. I don't really object to people putting in work to change language like that if they think it's important. Especially when the work required is minimal. That said, this is slightly ridiculous. Have customers seriously complained about the term "master"? And my impression was that the usage was more similar to "master copy" than "master of the plantation". Honestly, it's frust…
>And my impression was that the usage was more similar to "master copy" than "master of the plantation".
Evidently, this is a relic from bitkeeper which uses the "master/slave" terminology.
https://github.com/bitkeeper-scm/bitkeeper/blob/master/doc/H...
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/...
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#46I'm a strong supporter of social justice. I don't really object to people putting in work to change language like that if they think it's important. Especially when the work required is minimal. That said, this is slightly ridiculous. Have customers seriously complained about the term "master"? And my impression was that the usage was more similar to "master copy" than "master of the plantation". Honestly, it's frust…
I am right there with you. The whole idea of "master" is not really based on the idea of slavery focused master.
Master represents the final version of a component or software which ends up in production. It is the same meaning as an audio master (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_(audio))
If the word master is considered evil, then what would happen to a Master Degree ? or Dojo Master ? Words have different meanings in different context, let's focus on changing language that changes the way you think.
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#47Every time I commit I smile because I've just enslaved more bytes of code. I am the MASTER!!!!!
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think it's because people are offended at the use of the word master, in this case. I think, that it's symbolic. By making a point of getting rid of the word master, you're showing that black lives matter.
What about all other races that are discriminated against or people that are bullied? Do those matter?
terrible
Re: GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”
#49"main" does seem like an objectively better word to use. The definition fits better in almost every use case. May seem like a silly gesture to some, but imagine feeling an emotional trigger every time you had to use a basic tool for your job. That'd piss me off.
Does anyone actually get triggered by this word in this context though? "Master" in git is not related to a master-slave relationship.
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#50What bugs me about crap like this is that it ignores world history, makes these people feel good about doing nothing of consequence, and takes attention away from things that will actually help. If you are going to help, actually do something that improves the lives of people. Maybe, you should really put some effort into beefing up the Computer Science programs in black high schools and colleges? You are Microsoft,…
Little known fact: The single, and only thing being done right now to address systemic racism is github renaming the default branch to master. I wish people would do other stuff like March, and donate money, and goad corporations into donating millions of dollars to minority owned businesses, passing new laws that address historical abuses of power and the police state.
But no. We've got 350 million people solely focused on getting this branch name changed. Its a huge waste!