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Gabor Liptak commented on HBASE-13852:
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Based on a quick review, the master/slave terminology is exposed in interfaces
(there is a "master" command, there are environment variables like
HBASE_SLAVE_SLEEP), in the API (stopMaster()), file names, etc. How extensive
incompatible changes are acceptable around this?
Also is coordinator/regionserver would be the preferred rename?
> Replace master-slave terminology in book, site, and javadoc with a more
> modern vocabulary
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> Key: HBASE-13852
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13852
> Project: HBase
> Issue Type: Task
> Components: documentation, site
> Reporter: Andrew Purtell
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 2.0.0
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> We should reconsider our use of historical master-slave terminology
> everywhere - book, site, and javadoc - and replace it with a more modern
> vocabulary. There was a conversation in the background at HBaseCon about this
> (I was involved in one on Twitter). Out of some of the suggestions, I like
> "coordinator" as replacement for "master", and "worker" as one replacement
> for "slave", with the other the more descriptive "regionserver" or "region
> server".
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