GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references

[alimac]

GitHub getting on board legitimizes movement aimed at removing racially-charged language from software.

GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery, its CEO said on Friday.

The code-hosting portal is just the latest in a long line of tech companies and open source projects that have expressed support for removing terms that may be offensive to developers in the black community.

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GitHub to replace "master" with alternative term to avoid slavery references | ZDNet

 

[avid]

Next they’ll be changing the word masturbate the bunch of w*nkers

 

[Ferret]

Ill always refer to my Hard Drives as master and slave it was just they way it was in a IDE world.

 

[Kryton]

What is this world coming too

 

[Spectre]

That has to be parody.

In electronics design we often have "slave devices".

As a bit fun one of my colleagues used ANL_SLAVE as a net label in a schematic to refer to the analog card select line, still there 15 years later, or so.

 

[chookey]

It's only a word ffs. There will be no end to this until we've had the last ounce of common sense kicked out of us. Once it get's to the point where everyone is too scared to open their mouth lest someone is offended we will look back on social distancing as a mere walk in the park.

 

[chookey]

The lunacy just keeps getting stronger.
Twitter remove Master, Slave, Whitelist and Blacklist

What next?
HMV, His Master's Voice. Will they need to change name because it refers to dogs being inferior to Man?