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by ThrowawayBandit 2202 days ago
Calling the master branch 'master' "incites emotional distress"? (from the comments on github)

Speechless.

1 comments

Agreed. One of the comments points out that the term master is also used in reference to painters. In that context, it isn't a master/slave metaphor, but one of being definitive.

Likewise a master copy doesn't beget a slave copy.

It is possible that people are becoming over-sensitive to specific words to the point they forget about meaning and intent.