GitHub to replace the term 'master' in push to remove slavery references (telegraph.co.uk) 18 points by MojoLobo 6y ago ↗ HN
[–] mtmail 6y ago ↗ 150 comments in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23518123 and more in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23519813 [–] MojoLobo 6y ago ↗ Sorry, couldn't find that. Will delete this one. Thanks!
[–] [dead] Proven 6y ago ↗ How to score most points with the socialist audience while investing the least amount of actual development and effort...Are they also going to disallow us to use the word 'master' for user-created branches in public repos? Morons...Eventually people who value liberty wil have to run all IT infra by themselves.
[–] dr_faustus 6y ago ↗ Weird, I always thought of it as a reference to something along the lines of "master record". A master is also part of a master/apprentice relationship which should not be a problem. [–] Already__Taken 6y ago ↗ or star wars master/clones for an even more universally relatable example lol.I can see why master/slave should go in other realms [–] waheoo 6y ago ↗ It was.. the dev that came up with them stated as such already.https://mobile.twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441
[–] Already__Taken 6y ago ↗ or star wars master/clones for an even more universally relatable example lol.I can see why master/slave should go in other realms
[–] waheoo 6y ago ↗ It was.. the dev that came up with them stated as such already.https://mobile.twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441
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[ 0.29 ms ] story [ 14.2 ms ] threadAre they also going to disallow us to use the word 'master' for user-created branches in public repos? Morons...
Eventually people who value liberty wil have to run all IT infra by themselves.
I can see why master/slave should go in other realms
https://mobile.twitter.com/xpasky/status/1272280760280637441