From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5D72C3A5A9 for ; Mon, 4 May 2020 17:53:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD0A7206D9 for ; Mon, 4 May 2020 17:53:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730118AbgEDRxk (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:53:40 -0400 Received: from cpanel7.indieserve.net ([199.212.143.8]:37935 "EHLO cpanel7.indieserve.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728158AbgEDRxk (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2020 13:53:40 -0400 Received: from cpeac202e043973-cmac202e043970.sdns.net.rogers.com ([174.114.100.179]:53000 helo=localhost.localdomain) by cpanel7.indieserve.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.93) (envelope-from ) id 1jVfHe-00E1os-TC; Mon, 04 May 2020 13:53:39 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 13:53:37 -0400 (EDT) From: "Robert P. J. Day" X-X-Sender: rpjday@localhost.localdomain To: Simon Pieters cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rename offensive terminology (master) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-OutGoing-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel7.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel7.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel7.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 4 May 2020, Simon Pieters wrote: > "master" is an offensive term, as it can be interpreted as being > slavery-origin terminology. See > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)#Terminology_concerns > > The Python programming language, and various other projects, have > taken a stance and moved away from offensive terminology including > "master". See https://bugs.python.org/issue34605 uh ... i just popped over to that python.org discussion, and it does not even *remotely* resemble what you describe. the gist of that discussion is that most people seem opposed to a sweeping change, and are annoyed about all the bandwidth that was wasted by one person harping about this. based on what i read at that link, python has in no way "taken a stance," so i'm calling you on your rather egregious misrepresentation of what happened there. rday