Sorry for late question. I guess we should deprecate wfWaitForSlaves() and probably some other methods that still use this logic
Best On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:22 AM Aaron Schulz <[email protected]> wrote: > As of 950cf6016c, the mediawiki/core repo was updated to use DB_REPLICA > instead of DB_SLAVE, with the old constant left as an alias. This is part > of a string of commits that cleaned up the mixed use of "replica" and > "slave" by sticking to the former. Extensions have not been mass > converted. Please use the new constant in any new code. > > The word "replica" is a bit more indicative of a broader range of DB > setups*, is used by a range of large companies**, and is more neutral in > connotations. > > Drupal and Django made similar updates (even replacing the word "master"): > * https://www.drupal.org/node/2275877 > * https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692/files & > > https://github.com/django/django/commit/beec05686ccc3bee8461f9a5a02c607a02352ae1 > > I don't plan on doing anything to DB_MASTER, since it seems fine by itself, > like "master copy", "master tape" or "master key". This is analogous to a > master RDBMs database. Even multi-master RDBMs systems tend to have a > stronger consistency than classic RDBMs slave servers, and present > themselves as one logical "master" or "authoritative" copy. Even in it's > personified form, a "master" database can readily be thought of as > analogous to "controller", "governer", "ruler", lead "officer", or such.** > > * clusters using two-phase commit, galera using certification-based > replication, multi-master circular replication, ect... > ** > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master/slave_(technology)#Appropriateness_of_usage > *** > > http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/master?utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=jsonld > > -- > -Aaron > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
