+1 to rename master/slave, and +1 to choosing terminology distinct from what's used for SolrCloud. I could be happy with several of the proposed options. Since a good few have been proposed though, maybe an eventual vote thread is the most organized way to aggregate the opinions here.
I'm less positive about the prospect of changing the name of our primary git branch. Most projects that contributors might come from, most tutorials out there to learn git, most tools built on top of git - the majority are going to assume "master" as the main branch. I appreciate the change that Github is trying to effect in changing the default for new projects, but it'll be a long time before that competes with the huge bulk of projects, documentation, etc. out there using "master". Our contributors are smart and I'm sure they'd figure it out if we used "main" or something else instead, but having a non-standard git setup would be one more "papercut" in understanding how to contribute to a project that already makes that harder than it should. Jason On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 7:33 AM Demian Katz <demian.k...@villanova.edu> wrote: > > Regarding people having a problem with the word "master" -- GitHub is > changing the default branch name away from "master," even in isolation from a > "slave" pairing... so the terminology seems to be falling out of favor in all > contexts. See: > > https://www.cnet.com/news/microsofts-github-is-removing-coding-terms-like-master-and-slave/ > > I'm not here to start a debate about the semantics of that, just to provide > evidence that in some communities, the term "master" is causing concern all > by itself. If we're going to make the change anyway, it might be best to get > it over with and pick the most appropriate terminology we can agree upon, > rather than trying to minimize the amount of change. It's going to be > backward breaking anyway, so we might as well do it all now rather than risk > having to go through two separate breaking changes at different points in > time. > > - Demian > > -----Original Message----- > From: Noble Paul <noble.p...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 1:51 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Getting rid of Master/Slave nomenclature in Solr > > Looking at the code I see a 692 occurrences of the word "slave". > Mostly variable names and ref guide docs. > > The word "slave" is present in the responses as well. Any change in the > request param/response payload is backward incompatible. > > I have no objection to changing the names in ref guide and other internal > variables. Going ahead with backward incompatible changes is painful. If > somebody has the appetite to take it up, it's OK > > If we must change, master/follower can be a good enough option. > > master (noun): A man in charge of an organization or group. > master(adj) : having or showing very great skill or proficiency. > master(verb): acquire complete knowledge or skill in (a subject, technique, > or art). > master (verb): gain control of; overcome. > > I hope nobody has a problem with the term "master" > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 3:19 PM Ilan Ginzburg <ilans...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Would master/follower work? > > > > Half the rename work while still getting rid of the slavery connotation... > > > > > > On Thu 18 Jun 2020 at 07:13, Walter Underwood <wun...@wunderwood.org> wrote: > > > > > > On Jun 17, 2020, at 4:00 PM, Shawn Heisey <apa...@elyograg.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > It has been interesting watching this discussion play out on > > > > multiple > > > open source mailing lists. On other projects, I have seen a VERY > > > high level of resistance to these changes, which I find disturbing > > > and surprising. > > > > > > Yes, it is nice to see everyone just pitch in and do it on this list. > > > > > > wunder > > > Walter Underwood > > > wun...@wunderwood.org > > > https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fobs > > > erver.wunderwood.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cdemian.katz%40villanova.e > > > du%7C1eef0604700a442deb7e08d8134b97fb%7C765a8de5cf9444f09cafae5bf8cf > > > a366%7C0%7C0%7C637280562684672329&sdata=0GyK5Tlq0PGsWxl%2FirJOVN > > > VaFCELlEChdxuLJ5RxdQs%3D&reserved=0 (my blog) > > > > > > > > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------- > Noble Paul
