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X.Org Server's "Master" Branch Now Closed With Cleaned Up State On "Main" (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 3 days ago by cm0002@mander.xyz to c/linux@programming.dev

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This Valentine's Day there is a lot of red on the screen for the X.Org Server with the code delta as a result of renaming of their main Git development branch and in the process selectively dropping questionable patches to the prior "master" codebase.

The effort noted in January of X.Org Server May Create A New Selective Git Branch With Hopes Of A New Release This Year has now been realized. As of a short time ago today, the "master" Git branch is ended with new X.Org Server development now on "main" and in the process starting off from a starting point of 2024 and then laying on the acceptable patches that were queued up over the past two years. See that aforelinked article for more details.

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[–] lyda@programming.dev 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I kind of want to use master on all my projects and change to main on any that get popular just to weed out the lunatics.

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 16 points 3 days ago

You'll also weed out the BDSM crowd, are you sure you want that loss of talent?