Thanks for sending this Billie. I like the idea of a vote and also support the change.
I look forward to all discussions around this. I assume the target version would be 3x and thus breaking changes would be minimized via some migration. I think target GH issues would likely address this. Happy to help in this endeavor as well. Thanks, Marc On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 5:23 PM Michael Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:44 PM Brian Loss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I agree—things have changed in the world since this was last discussed, > > and I think it’s time to make the change even though it will be disruptive. > > I support changing both the master branch and Accumulo master service names > > as well, and am willing to help out with the work to get it done. > > > > Mike, do we need to have some consensus on the names before the vote? That > > is, can the vote select a name from a list, or must it purely be a +/- vote > > for a specific choice? It might be better to have more discussion in this > > discuss thread (or in a ticket) before a vote is held > > > Brian, good question. I was thinking the name choice would be separate from > whether we should make the change. But happy to have 1 vote instead of 2. > > > . > > > > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Michael Wall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I support changing both the name of the Accumulo master service and the > > > master branch name. Should we start a vote? Maybe we need to understand > > > the full scope of what will be required before we can do that. Billie, > > do > > > you want to start the ticket you mentioned? > > > > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:18 PM Owens, Mark <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Sounds like GitHub is considering changing 'master' to 'main'. That > > could > > >> also be a possibility. > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Billie Rinaldi <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 3:07 PM > > >> To: Accumulo Dev List <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: [DISCUSS] Rename Accumulo master > > >> > > >> Hi Accumulo folks! I would like to start a discussion about renaming the > > >> Accumulo master. Previous discussions were held a few years ago [1]. > > Some > > >> things have changed since we started that discussion, in the world and > > in > > >> our project governance, so I think it is worth revisiting this topic. > > >> > > >> If people agree that a rename would be worthwhile, we can start > > >> identifying the many changes that would need to be made (probably a > > GitHub > > >> issue would be a good place for that). This will be a big change and I > > am > > >> happy to help work on it. If anyone else is interested in helping out > > too, > > >> I think we should be able to break the work down into several discrete > > >> tasks. > > >> > > >> I believe the best replacement names we came up with on the original > > >> ticket were Coordinator and Conductor. I also wanted to suggest another > > >> possibility that I don't think we considered: Admin / AdminServer. > > Admin is > > >> generic, but at least it's short. Feel free to share your thoughts and > > >> other ideas, if you have them. > > >> > > >> Billie > > >> > > >> [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2844 > > >> > > > >
