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[Joel Sherrill]

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 4:24 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:

> On 30/9/22 4:00 am, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > I'd like to propose that short term we change lwip main to master for
> > consistency with existing repos. This helps avoid stupid mistakes
> because lwip
> > is the odd case.
>
> I propose we use devel. I prefer it over main.
>

I'm ok with that. But no one else has spoken up.

>
> When should we change away from master?
>

As I said, I'd switch lwip from main to master NOW and discuss a switchover
point to "new name" for everything. I'd be ok doing it after branching 6.
But
we need 6 to actually branch. :(


>
> > Longer term, we may want to change the name master in all repos. But we
> need to
> > agree on a new name, socialize it, update documentation, and announce
> it. It's
> > more than a simple set of git commands impacting only a few people.
> >
> > Can we come to some agreement on what to do?
>
> New git versions warns you about the use of master when creating a new
> repo and
> at a guess this is why the repo has main. I am using devel in
> rtems-deployment
> so there will be a mix.
>

Using old git versions avoids that. :)

--joel

>
> Chris
>
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