It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • bad_alloc@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    29 days ago

    “main” is shorter than “master”. “sub” is shorter than “slave”. Why worry about social issues when you can just type less and move on? :)

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      28 days ago

      Because I don’t want to be forced to adapt by others. Let me adapt by myself. Adding an option for change is fine, but changing the default is fucking annoying. Fuck Github for changing master.