Rename "master" branch to "main"?

[Michael Kerrisk]

> That said I think this is not as important as other, similar, changes
> we could make.  For instance, the term "master" is used _along with_
> "slave" in manual/terminal.texi, and I fully intend to rewrite that
> chapter to eliminate that terminology as soon as I find the time.
> Anyone want to beat me to it?

No, but please include me in the discussions. It would be good if libc
and man-pages could find common terminology.

But I agree also with Joseph that the scope is wider and we should
think about what terminology POSIX might (be convinced to) switch to.

Unlike Florian, I'm not excessively attached to the need to settle on
a name that starts with 's'. I think it might be too easy to get into
knots trying to find names that match 'm' and 's', and one should at
least allow for the possibility of good names that don't fit with
those letters; what would be best, IMO, is names that "feel right".
That said, Paul's mail landed while I was composing this, and I find
"main" and "subsidiary" are not awful as ideas, though "main" feels a
little contrived.

Thanks,

Michael