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Re: elpa.git and `new-master`


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: elpa.git and `new-master`
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 09:26:16 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux)

> The problem is that words not only have meanings but also connotations. And
> whether you like it or not, the word 'master' evokes the word 'slave' and
> everything associated with it.

While I agree that in the context of CS protocols, "master" evokes
"slave", in my day-to-day life "master" evokes instead the notion of
someone skilled in an art with no connotation of any kind of
slave counterpart (any counterpart would be called student instead).


        Stefan




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