Retire "node" in favor of "agent"
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Key: FLUME-950
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-950
Project: Flume
Issue Type: Task
Affects Versions: v1.0.0
Reporter: Arvind Prabhakar
As stated in the write-ups, documentation and discussed in various
presentations and meetups, Flume (ng) uses the notion of "Agent" which is
different from the previous implementation's use of the term "node". While this
has been discussed informally in various forums, we have not been disciplined
enough to make this clear in the code itself. Consequently, the code for Flume
(ng) still references "node" in many places and is confusing to say the least.
To make the code aligned with the terminology used in design discussions in
various forums, I am suggesting that we formally retire the term "node" in
favor of the term "agent". This will require non-trivial code and documentation
changes. However, not doing it now will increase the cost of fixing this later
and add to the confusion of folks transitioning from the prior implementation
to current implementation.
(http://markmail.org/message/ddacmawak33i5qbr)
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