Rename "master" branch to "dev" ?

[Laurențiu Nicola]

-0 I didn't want to start this

On Fri, Nov 28, 2025, at 21:46, Sandro Santilli wrote:
> In IRC/Matrix we got back to discuss branch naming, due to 
> CI still having traces of "main" which has been an alias at some point [1]
>
> As the last attempt at getting rid of the "master" name was stuck [2]
> due to Regina wanting to see other projects make the strong-move
> before bothering [3] and given today nobody would really be using "master"
> anymore while some of us use different names (I use "main" locally, Darafei
> still uses "svn-trunk" for his admission, dunno others), I thought I'd re-start
> a thread about branch renaming with a new proposal, which is now even SHORTER !
>
> How would you like "dev" for the main development branch ?  It'd be:
>   - 1 letter shorter than "main"
>   - 3 letters shorter than "master"
>   - very cool ! 😎
>   - clear
>   - uncrowded, so nobody feels the need to run the other way
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2021-January/028778.html
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2021-June/028983.html
> [3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/postgis-devel/2021-January/028781.html
>
> So, what do you think ? Can we turn more plusses than minuses ?
>
> --strk;
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 05:38:06PM -0500, Regina Obe wrote:
>> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 01:18:20AM +0300, Darafei "Kom?pa" Praliaskouski
>> > wrote:
>> > > Hey, the point of the thing is not to add a thing called "main" but to
>> > > get rid ot the thing called "master" which your plan fails to
>> > > accomplish. If we go there, go all-in.
>> > 
>> > I know what's the plan, but "go all-in" takes time.
>> > I'm just offering a way to keep things working in the meanwhile.
>> > 
>> > --strk;
>> 
>> I'm a -0 for any change at all.
>> But if we are forced into this change I do like the idea of having a soft - main launch over a no-turning back main.
>> 
>> I'd like to see other projects make the strong-move before we bother.
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Regina
>> 
>> 
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