Actually, the term “master” is a problem, so master/follower doesn’t work.
GitLab is renaming the master branch to main. Rice University renamed College Masters to College Magisters in 2017. wunder Walter Underwood wun...@wunderwood.org http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) > On Jun 18, 2020, at 1:03 AM, Atita Arora <atitaar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > +1 Noble and Ilan !! > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 7:51 AM Noble Paul <noble.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Looking at the code I see a 692 occurrences of the word "slave". >> Mostly variable names and ref guide docs. >> >> The word "slave" is present in the responses as well. Any change in >> the request param/response payload is backward incompatible. >> >> I have no objection to changing the names in ref guide and other >> internal variables. Going ahead with backward incompatible changes is >> painful. If somebody has the appetite to take it up, it's OK >> >> If we must change, master/follower can be a good enough option. >> >> master (noun): A man in charge of an organization or group. >> master(adj) : having or showing very great skill or proficiency. >> master(verb): acquire complete knowledge or skill in (a subject, >> technique, or art). >> master (verb): gain control of; overcome. >> >> I hope nobody has a problem with the term "master" >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 3:19 PM Ilan Ginzburg <ilans...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Would master/follower work? >>> >>> Half the rename work while still getting rid of the slavery >> connotation... >>> >>> >>> On Thu 18 Jun 2020 at 07:13, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> >> wrote: >>> >>>>> On Jun 17, 2020, at 4:00 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It has been interesting watching this discussion play out on multiple >>>> open source mailing lists. On other projects, I have seen a VERY high >>>> level of resistance to these changes, which I find disturbing and >>>> surprising. >>>> >>>> Yes, it is nice to see everyone just pitch in and do it on this list. >>>> >>>> wunder >>>> Walter Underwood >>>> wun...@wunderwood.org >>>> http://observer.wunderwood.org/ (my blog) >>>> >>>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ----------------------------------------------------- >> Noble Paul >>
