[llvm-dev] Inclusive language in LLVM: can we rename `master` branch?

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Fri Jun 19 16:55:39 PDT 2020


On 19/06/2020 20:43, Matt Arsenault via llvm-dev wrote:
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>> On Jun 19, 2020, at 15:38, Mehdi AMINI via llvm-dev 
>> <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org <mailto:llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org>> wrote:
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>> I'm interested to hear more about the actual problem Matt perceives 
>> with respect to the release actually: why should the release have any 
>> impact with the development branch?
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> That was just an example of a concrete time. Other transitions requiring 
> wide coordination have had some release-associated timeframe (like 
> minimum toolchain/cmake upgrades), so I thought it would just be a 
> logical semi-arbitrary point in time.
> 
Would it make sense to pick that semi-arbitrary point in time as being 
the next release? So master is renamed for the next release.

Cheers,
Wol


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