Hi Gene, Saw this in the news recently:
https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692 The docs and some tests contain references to a master/slave db configuration. While this terminology has been used for a long time, those terms may carry racially charged meanings to users. This patch replaces all occurrences of master and slave with 'leader' and 'follower' Paul On 11 December 2015 at 21:39, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vixens and Reynards: > > My boss just dropped an interesting one on me. I use the terms > "master" and "slave" in my app. He asked me to not use "slave" with anyone > else, presumably because of someone taking it wrong. I said that I would > see if I could come up with something. > > So what can I use for alternatives? I have Web-searched to see what > others are doing and did not find anything that would fit for my second > case. > > I use "master" and "slave" in two senses. > > 1) We have the Master Station from which the high-level functionality of > the system is done. We have various Slave Stations which are used mainly > for DE. The Master Station is also used for DE. > > I have come up with "master" and "satellite". Reasonable? > > 2) The second one is puzzling me. I have forms with an (often) key > portion (master) and a non-key portion (slave). "key" and "non-key" are > awkward and do not communicate well to a non-IT person. "parent" and > "child" is not accurate. What do you suggest? > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cadwx0+l6nfotesqdymebbc5qewzev2v76qmedb_cqq5amd-...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
