> On Jul 13, 2020, at 15:06 , Oswald Buddenhagen <oswald.buddenha...@gmx.de>
> wrote:
>
> with all the recent commotion also in the tech world, i'm revisiting the idea
> to deprecate 'slave' terminology ('master' is much less problematic, but
> would probably go as well for symmetry).
>
> i never really liked it anyway once i started to think about it (obviously,
> quite a while after i introduced it ...), because it suggests a strict
> hierarchy that isn't really there, as bi-directional synchronization is
> supported.
> the problem is that this equally applies to many potential replacements, like
> 'replica'. maybe 'clone' is better, as it's more easily associated with
> having its own life, and git already established the term. but what to put
> opposite of it? 'origin' again suggests directionality quite strongly.
> similarly, 'primary' vs 'secondary' sounds way too hierarchical.
> so i came up with just 'first' and 'second'. the problem is that these aren't
> nouns, so one has to be more verbose to not make it awkward.
> 'one' and 'two' would also be weird without context.
> then i thought of 'upstream' and 'downstream', but i don't like the long
> common part, and these are also directions, not only locations, so somewhat
> confusing.
> so i thought more about polar opposites, and came up with 'north' and
> 'south'. short, "non-judgmental", and even has a vague positional association
> with how the typical server-client setup would be typically visualized. otoh,
> it seems really out of place and therefore kinda silly.
>
> so, what does everyone else think? bikeshedding season is open! :-D
>
>
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I would go with one of the following:
- remote / local
- upstream / downstream
- source / stream (where a river begins is called a source)
It mostly depends on the context and purpose of what you’re doing. Twitter
published something related to this, I think last week. Maybe some of their
stuff might help ?
cheers,
mehul
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