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2020 Jul 15
2
Inclusive language in LLVM: can we rename `master` branch?
...te of changing master to main or something similar,
you're up for a circlejerk you can not win. If you change technically
established terms each time someone gets offended, this will never end.
As a comparison, when studying in europe, you do your Master-Degree. In
Germany, when you finish your apprenticeship as carpenter and do the next
level, to actually lead with more responsibility, you do something which is
called "Meister" which is the German word for master.
Master isn't racist, and has never been in this context. If you just go on
with this, you'll allow random people to conno...
2020 Jun 21
2
Inclusive language in LLVM: can we rename `master` branch?
On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 02:00, Lang Hames via llvm-dev
<llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> If the bar for removal / renaming is "Use of X is offensive", or "Use of X is clearly impacting contributors or potential contributors" then I'm all for it. If the bar is "Nobody has actually complained, but X could be mistaken for something offensive" that seems