Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-07-20 Thread Julien Grall
Hi, On 24/06/2020 18:38, Stefano Stabellini wrote: On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Ian Jackson wrote: I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. This name has unfortunate associations[1], even if it can be argued[2] that the etymology is not as bad as in some uses of the word. This is r

Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-25 Thread George Dunlap
> On Jun 25, 2020, at 12:10 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote: > > On 24/06/2020 17:13, Ian Jackson wrote: >> I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. [snip] > Describing someone as a "master of their trade/skill/other", is a > totally different context, and it would be excessive to

Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-25 Thread Bertrand Marquis
> On 24 Jun 2020, at 18:38, Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Ian Jackson wrote: >> I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. This name >> has unfortunate associations[1], even if it can be argued[2] that the >> etymology is not as bad as in some uses of the

Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-24 Thread Andrew Cooper
On 24/06/2020 17:13, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. The tech industry does use some problematic terms, and I fully agree with taking steps to reduce their use.  However, I disagree that this is a problematic context. In the English language, conte

Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-24 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Wed, Jun 24, 2020 at 10:39 AM Stefano Stabellini wrote: > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. This name > > has unfortunate associations[1], even if it can be argued[2] that the > > etymology is not as bad as in some uses of

Re: Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-24 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Wed, 24 Jun 2020, Ian Jackson wrote: > I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. This name > has unfortunate associations[1], even if it can be argued[2] that the > etymology is not as bad as in some uses of the word. > > This is relativity straightforward on a technical leve

Proposal: rename xen.git#master (to #trunk, perhaps)

2020-06-24 Thread Ian Jackson
I think it would be a good idea to rename this branch name. This name has unfortunate associations[1], even if it can be argued[2] that the etymology is not as bad as in some uses of the word. This is relativity straightforward on a technical level and will involve a minimum of inconvenience. Si