On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 6:52 PM, Jim Klimov via Nut-upsuser wrote:
> Hello fellow NUTs :)
> 
>   Some time ago an issue https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/840 
> was raised, and with current work underway to publish a standard on NUT 
> protocol it became more urgent - to retire the master/slave terminology from 
> NUT configuration and documentation.
> 
>   I looked around for suitable synonyms, and for our primary use-case with 
> upsmon roles - where it either manages an UPS by direct link and tells others 
> to shut down ASAP, or is one of such shutdown agents being told what to do, 
> words "manager" and "subordinate" seem neutral enough and reflective of the 
> activities and relationship of these actors.
> 
>   Would native speakers or others better versed in the current dictionary of 
> acceptable words please confirm if this choice is okay, or suggest better 
> alternatives?

What about primary and secondary?
--
  Dan Langille
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