Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main
by truculent on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:51AM
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We're not examining every word. This article is about examining a specific word, with a specific history, within a specific context.
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Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main
by vshager on Sunday March 14, 2021 @08:58AM
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In a specific country, whose industry takes free open source labor from all over the world and then imposes its own cultural values.
Open source people from other regions provide the majority of code and have no say in political decisions. One might be tempted to say that they are slaves.
Please don't use HN for political and ideological flamewar, regardless of what you're battling for or against. We're trying for something else here.
Re:Gitlab default branch name changes to main
by truculent on Sunday March 14, 2021 @09:07AM
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> imposes its own cultural values.
This is a default. If it offends your sensibilities so much, you can configure it to be something else.
Heck, I'd even go as far as suggesting that "main" is a more common word for non-native speakers of english than "master", making it more intuitive for non-US developers.