Use main instead of master as main checker name (#6569)

Co-authored-by: Pierre Sassoulas <[email protected]>

Author: DanielNoord

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/BUG-REPORT.yml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ body:
       placeholder: |
         # Leave this blank if the configuration is not relevant!
 
-        [MASTER]
+        [MAIN]
         load-plugins=
             pylint.extensions.code_style
 

ChangeLog

@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ Release date: TBA
 
   Closes #6101
 
+* The main checker name is now ``main`` instead of ``master``. The configuration does not need to be updated as sections' name are optional.
+
+  Closes #5467
+
 * Added new checker ``typevar-name-mismatch``: TypeVar must be assigned to a variable with the same name as its name argument.
 
   Closes #5224

doc/data/messages/b/broken-collections-callable/pylintrc

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 py-version=3.9
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.typing

doc/data/messages/c/confusing-consecutive-elif/pylintrc

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-[MASTER]
+[MAIN]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.confusing_elif

doc/data/messages/m/missing-return-doc/pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 [Parameter_documentation]

doc/data/messages/m/missing-return-type-doc/pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 [Parameter_documentation]

doc/data/messages/m/missing-yield-doc/pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 [Parameter_documentation]

doc/data/messages/m/missing-yield-type-doc/pylintrc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.docparams
 
 [Parameter_documentation]

doc/data/messages/r/redefined-loop-name/pylintrc

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-[MASTER]
+[MAIN]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.redefined_loop_name,

doc/data/messages/w/while-used/pylintrc

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-[master]
+[main]
 load-plugins=pylint.extensions.while_used