I am +1 to rename it but don't have any good input on what would be a good name to use going forward. I'll defer to others on that.
On 9/22/2020 4:23 AM, Xiangdong Huang wrote: > Hi, > > There is a movement to move the default branch from "master" to "main" or > "develop", because of two reasons: > > - Many people around the world thought the word "master" has some .... > other meaning. > - the word "master" can not clearly describe the branch's purpose. As we > use the branch as our main working/developing branch, "main" or "develop" > may be better. > > We had a discussion on private@ and I think it is time to start a vote in > public. > > So, I'd like to call a formal vote for changing the default branch: > > - [M] main > - [D] develop > - [K] Keep "master" > > The vote will last at least 72 hours. > The name who gets the most votes (and >= 3 votes) wins. > > Best, > ----------------------------------- > Xiangdong Huang > School of Software, Tsinghua University > > 黄向东 > 清华大学 软件学院 > -- Kevin A. McGrail [email protected] Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171
