+1 for CCAAT also. master-slave is well established in CS. I am intrigued by minion though
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Nikolay Borodachev <nbo...@adobe.com> wrote: > +1 for CCAAT's post > -1 for renaming Mesos Slave > > -----Original Message----- > From: CCAAT [mailto:cc...@tampabay.rr.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 12:16 PM > To: user@mesos.apache.org > Cc: cc...@tampabay.rr.com > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Renaming Mesos Slave > > On 06/01/2015 04:18 PM, Adam Bordelon wrote: > > There has been much discussion about finding a less offensive name > > than "Slave", and many of these thoughts have been captured in > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MESOS-1478 > > I find political correctness rather nausiating. Folks should stop trying > to apologies for what others did, often hundreds of years ago. > I was not part of that. The advanced education system, the political > system and the current wealth control systems around the globe, are in fact > and indeed "Master-Slave" relationships; so why cleanse this notion > prematurely? > > > Master-slave has a rich history in the entire field of compuatational > resources and electronics. That usage has nothing to do with social > conventions and failings of the past. So, if you want to do something > effective for those of us less fortunate, why not use terms like > > > > > > > > I would like to open up the discussion on this topic for one week, and > > if we cannot arrive at a lazy consensus, I will draft a proposal from > > the discussion and call for a VOTE. > > Here are the questions I would like us to answer: > > 1. What should we call the "Mesos Slave" node/host/machine? > > 2. What should we call the "mesos-slave" process (could be the same)? > Elite-taxpayer or Lawyer-citizen or Billionare-wager or > Professor-debtor ? > > Something more apropo? > > > 3. Do we need to rename Mesos Master too? > > The concept of a master has been around ever since (2) males or more > graced this planet (your theories of soccial evilutoin may vary but they > are irrelevant). > > Commander? General ? Generalisimo? Master_Chief Warlord? > > Why not get rid of the entire Apache evironment why you are at it? > This line of reasoning is nothing but *STUPID* You cannot errase > the history of the warrior existence of mankind. Nor should any today > apologize for historical convention. WE did not commit any bad deeds > before we were born, so just get over it! > > > > > Another topic worth discussing is the deprecation process, but we don't > > necessarily need to decide on that at the same time as deciding the new > > name(s). > > 4. How will we phase in the new name and phase out the old name? > > > > Please voice your thoughts and opinions below. > > > > Thanks! > > -Adam- > > > > P.S. My personal thoughts: > > 1. Mesos Worker [Node] > > 2. Mesos Worker or Agent > > 3. No > > 4. Carefully > > > This is the sadest thread I have ever read. > > James > > >
