Re: Use of term Master/Slave

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: sabrina(dot)iqbal(at)target(dot)com
Cc: pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Use of term Master/Slave
Date: 2017-08-01 17:33:37
Message-ID: 20170801173337.l3ysb2hvxlwgs44j@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

On 2017-07-31 21:13:48 +0000, sabrina(dot)iqbal(at)target(dot)com wrote:
> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>
> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/release-9-6.html
> Description:
>
> Wondering why PostgreSQL still uses the terms master and slave when there
> are other terms like primary/secondary that can be used in the same manner.

Yea, I think we should be more careful from now on. I think several
people already try, but it's not been a concerted effort so far. I'm
not convinced it's a good idea to change old release notes though.

- Andres

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