Hi Evan, On 23 Jul 2020, at 14:34, Evan Hunt <e...@isc.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 01:38:58PM -0400, Joe Abley wrote: >> I don't think primary/secondary are exact substitutes for master/slave in >> the way that those four terms are commonly used today. > [...] >> If we are looking for alternative terminology to master/slave (which I am >> not against, because change is a constant and inclusiveness and awareness >> amongst all industries is surely to be supported and encouraged) in my >> opinion we should find new words and not redefine or overload the common >> meaning of primary and secondary. > > I share the desire for perfection, but IMHO the transition from "master" > to "primary" and "slave" to "secondary" is far enough under way and well > enough understood at this point that I suspect it would be easier to add > modifiers when necessary than to try to deploy new vocabulary entirely. Oh, that's something I wasn't aware of. Do you have any examples of people moving from master/slave to primary/secondary? Joe _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
