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

[Thor]

Well funny you should mention it.

https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/12089

Blacklist , black magic also going.

They should change "git" too.

 

[Ancalagon]

Speaking of, who's going to let SkyDaddy#1 know he need to change his Word (the Bible)?

Did you just imply God is masculine?

I can't even....

 

[borro]

Free diapers and pacifiers would be a better solution.

 

[Cube3]

Wow this is pathetic.....
Master's of the Universe
Master of Puppets
Slave to the Music
etc etc... fcking snowflakes can melt.

 

[Ancalagon]

Wow this is pathetic.....
Master's of the Universe
Master of Puppets
Slave to the Music
etc etc... fcking snowflakes can melt.

Funny you should mention this - they are making a new He-Man cartoon series in which He-Man is a supporting character in his own show. I think Sheera takes over.

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

Dual Alternative Term Cylinder V

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Dungeon Master now renamed to Dungeon Mistress

 

[TEXTILE GUY]

Nou die kok gaan die fan slaan .
Clutch No Alternative For Slave Cylinder

 

[access]

what are they doing to do about the colour black being the absence of colour. some lgbtqrttwrsstigtx being(or non-being) will take offence to it because it doesnt represent their rainbow

or are they going to convince people not to be naturally afraid of the dark

voetsek, stop accommodating crazy people

 

[patrick123]

My Fok Fransina!!!!!

 

[Fulcrum29]

I wonder how long it will take now for the gender of connectors and fasteners to come under scrutiny? It is quite a diverse list of things for nitpicking on.

 

[TelkomUseless]

Man... what has the world come to ? Holy crap...
edit: If you want to see racism in everything... then this is the way to go.

 

[Johnatan56]

Mein got.

That offends me, it's "Mein Gott".

 

[John_Phoenix]

You can see these are a bunch of rainbow dyed intellectual troglodytes pushing all this k@k. No one has said a damn thing about the negative terminal on a battery.

 

[Hamster]

Should an African American software developer be required to write code wherein a master process commands slaves?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/12/tech-industry-has-an-ugly-master-slave-problem/

EDIT: It gets better

Consider the popular open-source software project Kubernetes, which allows applications to run easily and securely in the cloud. Kubernetes gets it: Instead of referring to “slaves,” Kubernetes uses “replicas” and “workers” and even “minions.” But its code repository still contains more than 200 lines that use “slave.” Because its code must talk to others, even Kubernetes can’t completely avoid the terminology.

Minion: noun
a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

Look I don't make the rules, but from now on minion it is.

 

[Mortymoose]

I enjoyed watching Russel Crowe in Primary and Commander last weekend...

 

[Hamster]

Would be nice to hear an actual black person's take on the master/slave terms used in software development instead of that of a woke American Asian or white activist (it's the new "I have black friends").

 

[Datura]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/12/tech-industry-has-an-ugly-master-slave-problem/

EDIT: It gets better



Minion: noun
a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one.

Look I don't make the rules, but from now on minion it is.

I have sent them an alternative to "MASTER". I emailed them suggesting that they use "Basic Asymmetric Accessibility Struct" instead.

 

[Alan]

Deliciously ironic if Depeche Mode's 'Master and servant' is declared verboten.

 

[BigAl-sa]

I'm in no position to tell black people whether something should or shouldn't offend them. If there is a preference for not using terms like master and slave, then fine. Why make a thing about it.

Slavery was (is) not specific to black people. They have chosen to use it in a racist context.