Re: elpa.git and `new-master`

[Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>]

* Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com> [2020-12-16 09:48]:
> The example creates a new branch 'main' but you could just as well just
> rename the master branch to main:
> 
>   git branch -m master main

There is no need to remain the branch just because some users will not
understand that one word may have several different meanings. One does
not change the world and reality to accommodate lack of understanding
of subset of people. We need rich meanings and rich understandings,
not less rich meanings and less understandings.

Person complaining assumed that "master" comes from etymology related
to slavery, but it is not. So far I know Italian for me etymology
comes from maestro, like somebody being very skillful. It is nothing
related to slavery in regards to etymology.

Word has different meanings and "master" on a git is nothing related
to slavery.

Definiton of "main" as noun does not even fit to git branch.

Definition of main as adjective is also synonym to some definitions of
"master".

It is politics that does not inspect itself, it does not research the
definitions of words.

* Overview of noun master

The noun master has 10 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (8) maestro, master -- (an artist of consummate skill; "a master of the violin"; "one of the old masters")
2. (5) overlord, master, lord -- (a person who has general authority over others)
3. (1) victor, master, superior -- (a combatant who is able to defeat rivals)
4. (1) master -- (directs the work of others)
5. (1) headmaster, schoolmaster, master -- (presiding officer of a school)
6. (1) master, master copy, original -- (an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made)
7. master, captain, sea captain, skipper -- (an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship)
8. master -- (someone who holds a master's degree from academic institution)
9. master, professional -- (an authority qualified to teach apprentices)
10. passkey, passe-partout, master key, master -- (key that secures entrance everywhere)


* Overview of adj main

The adj main has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (33) chief, main, primary, principal, master -- (most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"; "the master bedroom"; "a master switch")
2. independent, main -- ((of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence; "the main (or independent) clause in a complex sentence has at least a subject and a verb")
3. main -- (of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength")