On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 12:09 PM Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > > > On 10.03.2021 3:53, Chris Angelico wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 11:47 AM Damian Shaw > > <damian.peter.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Does 'master' confuse people? > >> There's a general movement to replace language from common programming > >> practises that derive from, or are associated with, the dehumanization of > >> people. Such as master and slave, as well as whitelist and blacklist. > >> > > Is that *actually* the origin of the term in this context, or is it > > the "master", the pristine, the original from which copies are made? > > There's no "slave" branch anywhere in the git repository. > > It is, actually, the ultimate origin of the term. > > A more immediate origin is the master-slave architecture (the master agent > initiates some operation and slave agents respond to it and/or > carry it out).
I understand about master-slave architectures, where one device is controlling another. That's not what I'm arguing here. Is the sense of "pristine" or "original" derived from this too? Other branches are not "slaved" to the master branch. They are copies of it. It is a quite different meaning of the word. 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/OVZJH3UALBN7BYP7KV7TIWKHFOUWPH53/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
