On 24/04/01 05:19PM, Michał Górny wrote:
> So I'd like to propose that we finally consider changing it.  For
> a start, we could try with gentoo.git, as our flagship repository.
> 
> Of course, there's also the matter of choosing the name.  The common
> choice at this point seems to be "main".  Other options include "trunk"
> (for Subversion fans, I suppose), "default".  However, given that we've
> been making major progress, I think we could take two steps at a time
> and choose something that actually embraces diversity.  My favorite, one
> that rhymes with "main", would be "nyan".
> 

I don't have strong feelings either way, though I worry about the
technical baggage that will come with this change.

If I had to pick, my vote is for "main" as this is the default used by
Github et al and what most other projects have adopted. I think this
word also makes the most sense as a direct replacement for "master" in
this context.

-- 
Kenton Groombridge
Gentoo Linux Developer, SELinux Project