On Friday, April 26, 2019, Michael Gratton <m...@vee.net> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 09:02, Carmen Bianca Bakker < > car...@carmenbianca.eu> wrote: > >> Defaults and conventions matter. One reason I like GNOME so much is >> because the defaults are amazing. And while "master" is a bit of a >> sucky default, it still has a lot of weight as a default. And I >> question whether it is worth the effort to change that default over a >> tiny bit of suckiness. >> > > This precisely indicates the problem with the current situation: The > current default sucks, but nobody is willing to change it because nearly > everyone every one else is doing it. > > And frankly, "because everyone is doing it" is a terrible argument for > continuing to do something shitty. If we don't take the first step to fix > the problem, who will? >
Assuming there is a problem in the first place which I doubt. I never heard of a case where someone refused to contribute to a project just because the default branch is called master. I'd suggest to focus on real world problems instead instead of creating some by fixing a non existing one.
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