On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
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On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
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#2(2018)
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#3I suspect this is one of those topics that at some point, everyone will have just switched terms because it's not worth the hassle to fight these fights over and over again. Kind of a "I'm not wrong, but is it a good use of 20 hours a year to argue about this?"
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#4Allow me to be offended on behalf of you, and if you aren't offended then you are a problem too.
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#5I suspect this is one of those topics that at some point, everyone will have just switched terms because it's not worth the hassle to fight these fights over and over again. Kind of a "I'm not wrong, but is it a good use of 20 hours a year to argue about this?"
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#6I've read about a bunch of these renaming efforts in the past weeks and I think some of these are very justified while some of them seem to take it further than necessary.
The master/slave naming seems clearly outdated to me and this one is a direct reference to slavery. A better word like replica exists so I'm using that instead. This makes a lot of sense.
On the other hand there's efforts to rename white/black list or the "master" branch on git. I've never thought of these as even being related to racism until people started opening issues on Github projects about that. A master branch in this context is just like a vinyl master, or a master class to me. The final finished product and not any kind of reference to slavery. Am I wrong?
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#7The problem I’m starting to see is that the continued use of phrases like this (master/slave, blacklist/whitelist) can be a constant reminder to some that they “don’t belong here.” Obviously, in this context, they aren’t meant to be racist; but they are a reminder that racism exists. The end result is that it makes more people feel unwanted and ultimately leave tech.
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#8I've read about a bunch of these renaming efforts in the past weeks and I think some of these are very justified while some of them seem to take it further than necessary. The master/slave naming seems clearly outdated to me and this one is a direct reference to slavery. A better word like replica exists so I'm using that instead. This makes a lot of sense. On the other hand there's efforts to rename white/black list…
I always thought about it as the "vinyl master" analogy as well but it looks like it has a master/slave origin from the Bitkeeper days.
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2019-May/...
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#9In the meantime, the Slave terminology is on its way out in Redis too.
Here are a few commits: https://github.com/antirez/redis/search?q=%22slave+removal%2...
Here's the issue where some of the discussion happened: https://github.com/antirez/redis/issues/5335
Re: On Redis master-slave terminology (2018)
#10What does he mean that you can't say "fake news" on HN?