Re: I'm surprised to see the word master here

From: Erikjan Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Selena Deckelmann <selena(at)maxipad(dot)org>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com>, Renee <renee(dot)phillips(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: I'm surprised to see the word master here
Date: 2019-10-02 10:57:26
Message-ID: e9a72cde5e0078307998597ce12b3ddf@xs4all.nl
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On 2019-10-02 12:46, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 2019-10-02 10:21, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>> Exactly. Both might be accurate, but one comes with a lot less
>> baggage.
>>
>> I support a search and replace. 
>>
>> I think it'll take a bit more than just a simple "sed script to
>> replace", if that's what you mean. But probably not all that much --
>> but
>> there can certainly be cases where nearby langaugae also has to be
>> changed to make it work properly. But I have a hard time seeing it as
>> being a *huge* undertaking.
>
> I find this proposal to be dubious and unsubstantiated. Do we need to
> get rid of "multimaster", "postmaster"?
>

IMHO, hat would seem a bad idea. Let's not take the politicising too
far.

I would say leave it at abolishing 'slave' (as we have already done).

thanks,

Erik Rijkers

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