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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

There is definitely a risk in changing it. Many automation systems that assume there is a master branch needed to be changed. Something that's trivial yes but changing a perfectly running system is always a potential risk.

Also stuff like tutorials and documentation become outdated.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If they can't change what's essentially a variable name without issues then should they be doing the job?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

In assessing risk assume everyone is a bumbling idiot. For we all have moments of great stupidity.