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master vs main (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (6 children)

People think it's "master" as in "master/slave", but forked branches are not "slaves".

I think they're just uncomfortable with the word "master", and that seems completely reasonable to me, especially when they're people from a group which has been subjected to slavery.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Yeah I don't think anyone was called a remaster, different words even if they share the same root

    Also master/slave was used in tech for awhile not just for forked branches, a couple examples are https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E88353_01/html/E37855/scsi-slave-9f.html in SCSI interfaces and replication systems like those used with databases https://jira.mariadb.org/plugins/servlet/mobile#issue/MDEV-18777

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    The original audio after mastering is also still called a master, but I haven't seen anyone complain about that. And that (as well as the same meaning for other media) is the word that the branch name master came from, so etymology can't really be an argument there (though I also think etymology is terrible reasoning for renaming something in general).

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don't recall any actual person saying they had an issue with it before corporations started changing it though, I always thought it was a precautionary measure more than likely thought up by a committee looking for exactly this sort of thing...

    That said, it may be different in the US given the history of overall more systemic discrimination, and divisiveness over what's acceptable, rather than the fairly widely accepted casual slur-slinging and stereotyping you get in Europe.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I don’t recall any actual person saying they had an issue with it before corporations started changing it though

    I have heard people complain about it.

    I always thought it was a precautionary measure more than likely thought up by a committee looking for exactly this sort of thing…

    What makes you think that they have a committee like that?

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