That is one great suggestion. +1 and as long as nobody -1s it, we're good to go! On Aug 12, 2014 11:17 AM, "Robert Grant" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'd really, really like it if we were to stop saying a UI element is > "disabled" and say "differently abled". > > Thanks > > > On Tuesday, 27 May 2014 14:14:43 UTC+2, Meira wrote: >> >> As some of you may have notice, a hot discussion is happening in the >> comments of this pull request: https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692 >> Essentially, this pull request suggests that all occurences of >> master/slave be replaced with leader/follower. While this is clearly >> insane, a less jaw-dropping, but still weird change was made in commit >> https://github.com/django/django/commit/beec05686ccc3bee8461f9a5a02c60 >> 7a02352ae1 >> >> Many users in comments to the original pull request agreed that >> primary/replica is not a good word choice, is vague and misleading. Current >> django docs compensate for the confusion by referring to "master/slave" in >> parentheses after mentioning "primary/replica". Of course, this change is >> nothing more than cosmetical, but it still carries more downsides than >> upsides. >> Master/slave is* immediately obvious* for the experienced users, and *easily >> googleable* for the newbies. >> >> I reverted the change and sent a pull request https://github.com/django/ >> django/pull/2720. In the corresponding ticket, I was told to "wait 6 >> months" and then resubmit the ticket. (https://code.djangoproject. >> com/ticket/22707), and the pull request was closed immediately with an >> advice to start a discussion on mailing list. So that's what I'm doing here >> :) >> >> I sum up my personal point of view in this comment: >> https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692#issuecomment-44265422 >> >> Of course, it'll be hard for the django maintainers to admit their >> mistake and revert the change. It's always hard to admit mistakes, but it's >> better than leaving it how it is. >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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/d01d6237-eb4d-4841-8f6c-646d69c96291%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/d01d6237-eb4d-4841-8f6c-646d69c96291%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/CAKBiv3yuEaehpPhUhjT5X_hOb2CPAAuc-VQVc0fNwJAz98dnQA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
