You can use the word "trunk" like Apache Subversion does. :)

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 at 18:12, Andrew Musselman
<andrew.mussel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +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...?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >



-- 
Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>

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