Rename master to main on https://github.com/jakartaee/jakartaee-platform

Summary

This is not a bug. This is a request to rename the master branch in https://github.com/jakartaee/jakartaee-platform to main.

Steps to reproduce

For background, see https://www.theserverside.com/feature/Why-GitHub-renamed-its-master-branch-to-main .

For a guide on how to do this, see https://github.com/github/renaming .

What is the current bug behavior?

The branch is named master. This is problematic for the reasons listed in the ServerSide article liked earlier.

What is the expected correct behavior?

The branch is named main.

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

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Priority

• Urgent
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• Low

Severity

• Blocker
• Major
• Normal
• Low

Impact

Jakarta EE needs to do every thing it can to increase adoption. As one of the most high-profile projects in Eclipse, and one backed by companies with a significant stake in diversity, equity and inclusiveness, continuing to have master in this repository is embarrassing and off-putting.