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Renaming Apache on any kind of sane timeframe is impossible. The name is baked into hundreds of millions of lines of Java in such a way that if you attempted to
by fidgewidge 4y ago
Renaming Apache on any kind of sane timeframe is impossible. The name is baked into hundreds of millions of lines of Java in such a way that if you attempted to rename it, all you'd do is cause chaos, bugs and security vulnerabilities on an epic scale for the next 30 years and it still wouldn't be done by the end. Renaming git master branches is a quick walk in the park compared to that.
Which is why the correct response to these people is to tell them they're welcome to maintain forks of Apache software that uses different names and advertise them to other people, but they should not attempt to go further, like by insinuating that everyone writing and using Apache software (millions of people) are racist, because that is inflammatory, wrong, and outside of the USA most probably libel.
And for those who haven't figured it out yet, this is exactly why so many of us were and still are opposed to the stupid git master branch rename. Only the wilfully blind couldn't see this sort of escalation coming. Until people power tripping on bogus victimhood claims are consistently given the cold shoulder the amount of chaos they cause will increase fast and hard.