Yea- I think as Rich said on the whitelist/blacklist thread- its more about making it more welcoming for one committer than being technically correct on the etymology of the word "master" as it pertains to the "master branch".
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 5:41 PM Andrew Musselman <andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> wrote: > We're discussing it now on Mahout. It's possible that something like > `prod_ready` would be more meaningful, if a project wanted to move off that > language. > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:25 AM Kevin A. McGrail <kmcgr...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > +1 to Naomi's interpretation. > > -- > > Kevin A. McGrail > > Member, Apache Software Foundation > > Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project > > https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 1:02 PM Naomi Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > master in "master/slave" (distributed computing) and master in the > sense > > > of a "master record" (version control) are two independent senses of > the > > > same word (senses 2.d and 10.b in the OED, respectively) > > > > > > cf. https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/114751 < > > > https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/114751> > > > > > > I believe the issue is with the former and not the latter > > > > > > > On 9 Jun 2020, at 18:31, Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > I decided to break this thread off from blacklist/whitelist, but > > someone > > > > brought this up on the Streams slack channel as we were discussing > > > that.... > > > > > > > > In removing "master/slave" terminology from tech... is anyone doing > > > > anything with the 'master' branches which exist in just about every > > > repo...? > > > > > > > > >
