On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 2:48 AM Charalampos Stratakis <cstra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> > > To: "Python-Dev" <python-dev@python.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 4:20:19 PM > > Subject: [Python-Dev] Re: Steering Council update for February > > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 12:16 AM Evpok Padding <evpok.padd...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > Apparently renaming a git branch to follow the general convention is now > > > an > > > unbearable outrage. > > > > It is NOT a general convention. It is a push by Microsoft (owners of > > GitHub). Outside of GitHub, the git command still uses "master" as the > > default name. > > > > The git project is working on that for a long time and the default will be > switched at some point: > https://lore.kernel.org/git/nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2006091126540.482@ZVAVAG-DN14RQO.ybpnyqbznva/#r >
Okay, I wasn't aware of that. Although that is still notable in that it spends a LOT of time talking about the technical consequences of the change. If there were no negative consequences (maybe if this were a greenfield project, or if it happened at the same time as a much larger change like hg->git), it wouldn't make a lot of difference, and go ahead, let the political argument sway the decision. But I detest political changes being forced on everyone when they bring immeasurable benefit in nontechnical areas, while having baggage of actual real problems with actual real compatibility issues. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/RZNDXBKUQX52ZXSHH572MANHNLTN4G4K/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
