On 10/8/2022 1:09 PM, Eric Cook wrote:
It's not the words themselves, at least for me, but the analogy they evoke. This is not the only analogy to describe the relationship between the two parts of a psuedo-terminal, nor even the best IMHO.On 10/8/22 1:55 PM, Eric Cook wrote:These two variables could be named anything, you and zeurkous whining about it is getting incredibly annoying; way more so than any argument put forth in how this would negativelyOn 10/8/22 4:41 AM, Felipe Contreras wrote:The problem is that **not a single** black person has claimed to have a problem with the term "master". Have they?Has anyone proposing the change brought forward a black person who finds the term personally offensive?Within the context that master _and_ slave is used, i do.affect zsh thus far.renaming the master branch is user affecting so i would prefer to keep it, changing listmaster@ faqmaster@ is user affecting and would require more effort on our part so i would keep them.if i would to push the change i doubt either of you two would notice.
The word master by itself does not evoke an analogy to slavery. There is also the analogy to a master of a craft, at least.