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Re: language cleanups in code and docs

Dave Cramer <davecramer@postgres.rocks>

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From: Dave Cramer <davecramer@postgres.rocks>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-06-17T00:31:48Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 at 19:55, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> Andrew Dunstan <andrew.dunstan@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > On 6/15/20 2:22 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> >> 2) 'master' as a reference to the branch. Personally I be in favor of
> >> changing the branch name, but it seems like it'd be better done as a
> >> somewhat separate discussion to me, as it affects development
> >> practices to some degree.
>
> > I'm OK with this, but I would need plenty of notice to get the buildfarm
> > adjusted.
>
> "master" is the default branch name established by git, is it not?  Not
> something we picked.  I don't feel like we need to be out front of the
> rest of the world in changing that.  It'd be a cheaper change than some of
> the other proposals in this thread, no doubt, but it would still create
> confusion for new hackers who are used to the standard git convention.
>

While it is the default I expect that will change soon. Github is planning
on making main the default.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-to-replace-master-with-alternative-term-to-avoid-slavery-references/

Many projects are moving from master to main.

I expect it will be less confusing than you think.

Dave Cramer
www.postgres.rocks

Commits

  1. Replace remaining uses of "whitelist".

  2. pgindent: whitelist/blacklist -> additional/excluded.

  3. Rename "enum blacklist" to "uncommitted enums".

  4. code: replace most remaining uses of 'master'.

  5. docs: replace 'master process' with 'supervisor process' where appropriate.

  6. docs: replace 'master' with 'root' where appropriate.

  7. docs: replace 'master' with 'primary' where appropriate.

  8. code: replace 'master' with 'leader' where appropriate.

  9. code: replace 'master' with 'primary' where appropriate.

  10. tap tests: replace 'master' with 'primary'.