Has Github/Microsoft rolled back the master to main switch?

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I like develop. Sounds nice and indicates things may be unstable.

[astrsk@fedia.io]

While it may be true that the master branch is more akin to a master record, not everyone knows the nuance and quite frankly it doesn’t matter, if it makes people uncomfortable then it shouldn’t be a problem to accommodate a simple change, most of the tech world has already done so. Computers used to have a literal slave/master relationship with hardware components and control systems and we moved past that just fine despite still having controllers and actors everywhere.

[gerryflap@feddit.nl]

Honestly I feel like people who had an issue with this were just as much making an issue out of nothing. I personally also think that "master" is just as much a normal and valid name as "main", and to me the rename kinda felt like performative bullshit. But at the same time it's just a name, if it makes people happy I don't really care either. Nowadays I tend to use main, but it's not something I really pay attention to.

[mubelotix@jlai.lu]

Do you speak french too? I'm french myself and we use master for so many normal things. Americans don't get that word right because their langage lost many of its meanings. It's funny to see people get offended just because they misunderstand the etymology of a word

[elephantium@lemmy.world]

quite frankly it doesn’t matter

In that case, the name of the branch shouldn't matter. Why are you arguing so hard that it does?

Computers used to have a literal slave/master relationship with hardware components and control systems

OK, this part is just utter nonsense.

[verticagg@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

nailed it lmao

[verticagg@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

L+Ratio+"I know what I'm saying makes you uncomfortable and wields power over you, and you should let me wield that power over you"

[surewhynotlem@lemmy.world]

I appreciate your intense emotion about the topic of changing terminology. It's hard to wrangle in our feelings when things change.

I completely agree with your last statement. What have you done to accomplish that?