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Sean Busbey commented on HBASE-13852: ------------------------------------- Sadly, it depends on the particular change. [the ref guide section on compatibility|http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#hbase.versioning] walks through what can change in a particular release. The short version is that you can start with a patch that changes everything and then we can walk back what can go in 2.0 vs branch-1. > Replace master-slave terminology in book, site, and javadoc with a more > modern vocabulary > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > 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". -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)