I don't want to devolve completely into an etymological circlejerk here, but my sense is that "master" in the VCS sense is like "master key," rather than describing the interpersonal relationship of involuntary servitude.
On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:53 AM, Malcolm Box <malc...@tellybug.com> wrote: > FWIW, I think the main objection is to the word "slave", not to "master". > Otherwise we'll be renaming the git branches soon... > > So "master" / "replica" would work. > > Malcolm > > > On Thursday, 5 June 2014 16:26:07 UTC+1, Justin Holmes wrote: > >> I think I agree that "primary" is a bad choice. Can you suggest >> something other than master? Something that will address the concerns >> posed in the past two threads? >> >> I saw that someone suggested "leader" and "follower" - I haven't thought >> through whether I find this more palatable. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] < >> cal.l...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: >> >>> For once, I'm going to +1 you Tom. >>> >>> Cal >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Tom Evans <teva...@googlemail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Please revert this change as soon as possible. >>>> >>>> If the project has become so PC sensitive that the word "slave" is no >>>> longer permitted to be uttered, then "replica" is an alternate term, >>>> but "primary" is not. >>>> >>>> Have you ever set up "primary-primary replication"? No, neither have >>>> I. Master-master replication is common, please do not take it upon >>>> yourselves to re-program our vocabulary. >>>> >>>> I have a primary master, I do not have a primary primary! >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Django developers" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to django-d...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>>> msgid/django-developers/CAFHbX1%2BUa81AruHH7mRK9SyQCABQrprPDd7 >>>> sdTRrNN0_DpNPOg%40mail.gmail.com. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django developers" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to django-d...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ >>> msgid/django-developers/CAHKQagGa1WE8yH2xpf0DrKv9i_m9% >>> 2B6akcDTHexeUZmq%3DQZHUuA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAHKQagGa1WE8yH2xpf0DrKv9i_m9%2B6akcDTHexeUZmq%3DQZHUuA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Justin Holmes >> Chief Chocobo Breeder, slashRoot >> >> slashRoot: Coffee House and Tech Dojo >> New Paltz, NY 12561 >> 845.633.8330 >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/0e3f8c99-38b6-424e-9f2c-7c0fe569b6a7%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/0e3f8c99-38b6-424e-9f2c-7c0fe569b6a7%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Justin Holmes Chief Chocobo Breeder, slashRoot slashRoot: Coffee House and Tech Dojo New Paltz, NY 12561 845.633.8330 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAMGywB4BOD4MH203q%2B2L4Gx9Ev0SStFt%2BdbqDPFqPpBrNqcPCg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
