Bastien Nocera wrote:
> I haven't looked at library-web because I have a whole bunch of work
> that I'd need to do with it, but not the bandwidth...
I pushed an untested minimal change.
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 9:00 AM Bastien Nocera wrote:
>
> Doing some thread grave digging.
Just as an FYI - in terms of happening - I see it very likely that
github and gitlab are all going to be changing the name of the default
branch in git. (I talked to Nuritzi - and she said discussions have
On Mon, 2019-05-06 at 21:13 +0200, Frederic Peters wrote:
> Bastien Nocera wrote:
>
> > - How?
> >
> > It is possible to rename the "master" branch in git. It's also
> > possible
> > to add a "link" of sorts so that software that specifically
> > references
> > "master" can be made to work with t
Doing some thread grave digging.
On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 15:18 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 12:32 +0200, drago01 via desktop-devel-list
> wrote:
> > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/master
> >
> > Master / slave relation is just one of the possible meanings but
Bastien Nocera wrote:
> - How?
>
> It is possible to rename the "master" branch in git. It's also possible
> to add a "link" of sorts so that software that specifically references
> "master" can be made to work with the new name[5].
I checked and there is an hardcoded reference (git) master (bra
On Fri, May 03, 2019 at 12:09:11PM +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-04-25 at 11:46 +1000, Michael Gratton wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'd like to formally propose as a GNOME Goal that GNOME modules
> > replace references to the terms "master" and "slave". [...] The scope
> > would be to
On 4 May 2019, at 17:47, drago01 wrote:
>
> "The term master copy has a unique meaning in art that predates the
> modern term. In art, a master copy is the process of drawing or
> painting a copy of a another artist's work. It is most common to copy
> the work of a master artist, hence the ter
On Saturday, May 4, 2019, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 12:32 +0200, drago01 via desktop-devel-list
> wrote:
> > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/master
> >
> > Master / slave relation is just one of the possible meanings but not
> > in the context of master copy
> >
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 10:44 AM Ask Hjorth Larsen via
desktop-devel-list wrote:
> * The proposed link between master branch and slavery is based on
> arguments that require a dictionary and etymological analysis. But if
> we think master has bad connotations, this is a question of how it
> work
Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 14:46 Uhr schrieb Bastien Nocera :
>
> On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 14:07 +0200, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote:
> > Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 12:09 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > > - Why?
> > >
> > > For the same reasons we'd want to change master/slave references.
> > > Though it usua
I don't like the direction this thread has taken. It has devolved into
infighting between one another, and as such I think it best to end it here.
People have made their opinions known, and no more minds are likely to be
changed in either direction with the tone of the discussion as it is now.
On
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 4:22 AM, Bastien Nocera
wrote:
The person you quoted is a troll. In fact, I'm not sure there's any
comments on that issue that aren't trolls (apart from the OP and the
repository owner).
Ah OK then, fooled me because he took a such strong plausibly-sincere
stance agains
On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 12:32 +0200, drago01 via desktop-devel-list
wrote:
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/amp/english/master
>
> Master / slave relation is just one of the possible meanings but not
> in the context of master copy
>
> "an original version of something from which copies can be
On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 11:33 +0200, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>
> I don't have a good answer for this. I didn't find an explanation one
> way or the other, but there are uses of "slave copies" that aren't
> "copied from master" in Google, but usually not in
> recording/publishing
> fields.
>
> I just
On Saturday, May 4, 2019, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 01:28 +0200, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
> > Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 15:36 Uhr schrieb Carmen Bianca Bakker
> > :
> > > Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 14:45 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > > > [...]
> > > > If we agree that the "master"
On Sat, 2019-05-04 at 01:28 +0200, Matthias Klumpp wrote:
> Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 15:36 Uhr schrieb Carmen Bianca Bakker
> :
> > Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 14:45 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > > [...]
> > > If we agree that the "master" in the git branch name is the same
> > > "master" that's used
On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 18:31 -0500, mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote:
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:57 PM, Bastien Nocera
> wrote:
> > Seriously Michael, you’re embarrassing yourself.
>
> I don't feel very embarrassed. Your suggested alternative name,
> "main,"
> is clearly considered to be offensive by
On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 2:31 AM wrote:
> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:57 PM, Bastien Nocera
> wrote:
> > Seriously Michael, you’re embarrassing yourself.
>
> I don't feel very embarrassed. Your suggested alternative name, "main,"
> is clearly considered to be offensive by at least one of the very sam
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:57 PM, Bastien Nocera
wrote:
Seriously Michael, you’re embarrassing yourself.
I don't feel very embarrassed. Your suggested alternative name, "main,"
is clearly considered to be offensive by at least one of the very same
people who don't like "master," and who amazin
Am Fr., 3. Mai 2019 um 15:36 Uhr schrieb Carmen Bianca Bakker
:
>
> Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 14:45 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > [...]
> > If we agree that the "master" in the git branch name is the same
> > "master" that's used in "master copy" meaning "the original", "the one
> > medium that ot
> On 4 May 2019, at 00:29, mcatanz...@gnome.org wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:09 AM, Bastien Nocera wrote:
>> - And to what?
>> A few possible names were mentioned/used. "mainline" was thought to
>> have strong connections to drug use, "release" (use in the contributor
>> covenant) seems
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 5:09 AM, Bastien Nocera
wrote:
- And to what?
A few possible names were mentioned/used. "mainline" was thought to
have strong connections to drug use, "release" (use in the contributor
covenant) seems to restrictive (we also do releases from other
branches). I like "main"
On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 15:35 +0200, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote:
> Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 14:45 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > >
> > If we agree that the "master" in the git branch name is the same
> > "master" that's used in "master copy" meaning "the original", "the
> > one
> > medium that oth
Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 14:45 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > Can this assertion be backed up by anything substantive? This keeps
> > being said, and I'm willing to believe it, but no actual arguments
> > are
> > being made as to _why_ this is.
> >
> > Specifically, this question needs an answer:
On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 8:08 AM Carmen Bianca Bakker
wrote:
> The shitstorm is to be expected one way or another. The only difference
> would be whether GNOME or The Linux Foundation is smeared in internet
> comments as "SJWs changing things and I don't like it".
Better us than them, because they
On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 14:07 +0200, Carmen Bianca Bakker wrote:
> Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 12:09 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> > - Why?
> >
> > For the same reasons we'd want to change master/slave references.
> > Though it usually isn't paired up with "slave" (excluding the
> > "gitslave" addon),
Je ven, 2019-05-03 je 12:09 +0200, Bastien Nocera skribis:
> - Why?
>
> For the same reasons we'd want to change master/slave references.
> Though it usually isn't paired up with "slave" (excluding the
> "gitslave" addon), it still has strong connotations of subjugation, and
> some ties with the v
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