GitHub is working on renaming default branch from “master”

Post by phkahler » Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC

snlacks wrote: post #35

zucker42 wrote: post #14

I'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.

Post by m0xte » Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:41 PM UTC

dgellow wrote: post #72

It's an old one, but relevant to the topic: Antirez from Redis wrote a blog article on this topic (demands to change master-slave terminology in Redis sources) roughly 2 years ago, http://antirez.com/news/122 .

Post by rgoulter » Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:42 PM UTC

Traster wrote: post #38

gruez wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

counterpoint: I'll be pissed off and emotionally triggered, knowing that they bent over backwards just to be "politically correct" or "progressive".

It's a bit of a paradox isn't it, if you really are emotionally triggered by people making a gesture to black developers, doesn't that suggest that developers are really easily emotionally triggered, and therefore making the gesture is actually important and therefore you shouldn't be triggered because it's not bending over backward to be politically correct it's actually tackling something that's a real issue?

Post by FriendlyNormie » Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:43 PM UTC

clint wrote: post #50

protomyth wrote: post #25

What 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 foc…

Post by crucialfelix » Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:43 PM UTC