Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 724DF1054F for ; Thu, 29 May 2014 00:22:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 37923 invoked by uid 500); 29 May 2014 00:22:03 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-accumulo-notifications-archive@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 37887 invoked by uid 500); 29 May 2014 00:22:03 -0000 Mailing-List: contact notifications-help@accumulo.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: jira@apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list notifications@accumulo.apache.org Received: (qmail 37878 invoked by uid 99); 29 May 2014 00:22:03 -0000 Received: from arcas.apache.org (HELO arcas.apache.org) (140.211.11.28) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 29 May 2014 00:22:03 +0000 Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 00:22:03 +0000 (UTC) From: "Otto Foster (JIRA)" To: notifications@accumulo.apache.org Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Subject: [jira] [Commented] (ACCUMULO-2844) Remove master/slave terminology MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-JIRA-FingerPrint: 30527f35849b9dde25b450d4833f0394 [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2844?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=14011870#comment-14011870 ] Otto Foster commented on ACCUMULO-2844: --------------------------------------- This was a hot topic some 11 years ago - http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/master.asp > Remove master/slave terminology > ------------------------------- > > Key: ACCUMULO-2844 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ACCUMULO-2844 > Project: Accumulo > Issue Type: Task > Affects Versions: 1.5.0, 1.5.1, 1.6.0 > Reporter: Sean Busbey > Assignee: Sean Busbey > Fix For: 1.5.2, 1.6.1, 1.7.0 > > > I'd like to remove our use of master/slave terminology in favor of something that doesn't carry a racially charged meaning. > As a side effect I'd also like to pick names that carry better meaning of how things work within Accumulo. > In the case of a single cluster, I'd like to > * Change the Master role to Coordinator > * Change the associated master server package to coordinator > * Change the master configuration file to be named coordinators > * Change the slaves configuration file to be named tservers > In the case of the in-progress replication work I'd like to change terminology: > * use _Primary Cluster_ in place of _Master Cluster_ > * use _Replica Clusters_ in place of _Slave Clusters_ > I intend to do this in all active branches in a way that maintains compatibility of existing configuration files and serialized actions (i.e. fate operations) within their major branch. In the current unreleased major branch I expect upgrading will require user action (e.g. renaming configuration files). -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252)