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

[Mikael Holmén via llvm-dev]

On Fri, 2020-06-19 at 02:48 -0700, Mehdi AMINI via llvm-dev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When we moved to GitHub a few months ago, we used without more
> consideration the "master" convention to name our development branch.
> On SVN it used to be just "trunk".
> This naming is unfortunate as it can hurt some contributors, and
> there is really no technical advantage that I know of to favor this
> convention over another.
> 
> I am perfectly aware that `master` has other significations than the
> master/slave meaning, and I personally never made this association in
> the past. However I'm also able to recognize that I'm privileged
> here, and that not everyone is in the same position.
> 
> As we intend to be an inclusive community, I propose that we change
> the name of our development branch and that we adopt instead a more
> neutral terminology for the LLVM monorepo. Possible names are "dev",
> "trunk", "main", "default", ...

Please not "dev" (we use "dev" as our local downstream development
branch).

/Mikael