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Change master
to a more positive name
#35
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Personally, I think there are more direct actions we can take to demonstrate that we are inclusive and politically correct. The main problem I see with the renaming is that it adds additional work in terms of
I would prefer more direct measures such as
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These should also be done, but they don't address the issue with the syntax itself. libCOMBINE can maintain aliases to |
Posting this here because I'm not aware of a more appropriate place. Feel free to transfer this elsewhere.
The issue
Because
master
has negative connotations, many people are replacing the termmaster
with other terms such asmain
. Here's an article about GitHub's change from master to main.https://www.theserverside.com/feature/Why-GitHub-renamed-its-master-branch-to-main
In addition, I think the meaning of the
master
could be clearer. For example, is this intended to indicate the SED-ML files that should be executed? Should files that have master=false not be executed? What should happen if no file has master=true? What is the only file that has master=true is not a SED-ML file (e.g., the only master file is a .cps file)?Proposal
master
attribute to something likemain
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