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

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On 15/07/2020 18:36, David Blaikie via llvm-dev wrote:
> Sounds like a Slippery Slope fallacy to me - that we choose to change 
> one word doesn't mean we must change others. Clearly there are some 
> words which are offensive (we wouldn't want swear words in the codebase, 
> for instance) - so we're always going to have some discussion of what 
> words are or are not acceptable, doesn't mean we have to accept every 
> word any specific individual finds personally offensive.

I think the moderators have decided this is not technical, and this 
conversation shouldn't continue.

The problem, as I see it, is we have a bunch of "professional offence 
takers" who are taking offence ON BEHALF of other people. That isn't a 
slippery slope fallacy - that IS a slippery slope.

Anyways, if github change things upstream, it makes sense to me to 
follow them. Until then, this conversation ought to stop.

Cheers,
Wol