I prefer dev over main, since it’s more clear about the purpose of the branch. Main is just not a very descriptive word. For one thing, for most people, stable will actually be the “main” branch.

This isn’t a strong preference, but honestly I doubt anyone has that strong of feelings on the subject.

best,
phoebe

On Jul 12, 2021, at 9:59 AM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info> wrote:

As we move forward, and try to add some new facilities to ASDF, this seems like a good time to revise the branching structure that we use.

In particular, I would like to add a stable branch that will permit continuation of the 3.3 release series, the need for which is illustrated by Mark E's recent merge request.

If we are going to make that change, it seems like a good time to rename the master branch to either main or dev. Any preferences?

I'd like to have a quick discussion about this over the week, with an eye to getting a solution in place by Friday.

Thanks for your thoughts,

R