AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 4 years agoGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkGitHub will no longer use the term 'master' as default branch because of negative associationmobile.twitter.comAgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.ml · 4 years agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squarecouldbeanybody@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 years agoWait but the words master and slave have meaning, don’t they?
minus-squareConspicuouslyBland@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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
Wait but the words master and slave have meaning, don’t they?
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