AgreeableLandscape to Technology · 4 years agoGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down12cross-posted to: opensource
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comAgreeableLandscape to Technology · 4 years agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource
minus-squareConspicuouslyBlandlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·4 years agoThey do. And slave basically has only one meaning and should be banned, also from technology. But master has a lot of different meanings, and it is ridiculous to ban it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master
They do. And slave basically has only one meaning and should be banned, also from technology. But master has a lot of different meanings, and it is ridiculous to ban it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master