I'm with you on that. If someone is ultra-sensitive about this then may I suggest it is them that has the problem?
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allen Pollard Sent: Saturday, 12 December 2015 9:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Alternatives to Master and Slave Terminology What a load of. Master and slave has been in use in electronics for before computers. It has nothing to do with any human connection of the words. Not aimed at you Paul, just the subject. Al -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Hill Sent: 12 December 2015 12:00 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Alternatives to Master and Slave Terminology 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' [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/[email protected] ** 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.
