On Thu, 2021-03-11 at 02:20 +1100, Chris Angelico wrote:
It is NOT a general convention. It is a push by Microsoft (owners of
GitHub). Outside of GitHub, the git command still uses "master" as the
default name.
I agree, not yet. But I think the writing is on the wall that this will be the new convention.
This is a *political* move made for *political* reasons, and has
consequences downstream. Why is it so important to cause actual real
problems for no reason other than to feel good about one insignificant
piece of language - and, as Steve pointed out, not even the most
significant one?
I don't see this so much as "feel good" as much as "fit in". I do not appreciate the cost of fitting-in though in this case.
To elaborate, there are words we would clearly not use when naming branches, modules, classes, etc. I don't think this list is fixed; I think it changes with the times, and if we value our community, then our community's (changing) standards should figure into our choices.
Paul