Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jlLQm-0001xX-1O for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:55:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jlLQk-0002vo-Qq for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:55:50 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jlLQk-0002vh-J1 for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:55:50 +0000 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us ([66.207.139.130]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jlLQi-0003Vr-9r for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 23:55:50 +0000 Received: from sss1.sss.pgh.pa.us (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id 05GNticj1406832; Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:55:44 -0400 From: Tom Lane To: Andrew Dunstan cc: Andres Freund , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs In-reply-to: <4601de0f-fc81-de87-7173-75fee5497f85@2ndQuadrant.com> References: <20200615182235.x7lch5n6kcjq4aue@alap3.anarazel.de> <4601de0f-fc81-de87-7173-75fee5497f85@2ndQuadrant.com> Comments: In-reply-to Andrew Dunstan message dated "Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:41:06 -0400" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <1406830.1592351744.1@sss.pgh.pa.us> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 19:55:44 -0400 Message-ID: <1406831.1592351744@sss.pgh.pa.us> List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Precedence: bulk Andrew Dunstan 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. regards, tom lane