+1 On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 4:09 PM Trevor Grant <trevor.d.gr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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...? > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
