[jira] [Commented] (HBASE-13852) Replace master-slave terminology in book, site, and javadoc with a more modern vocabulary

["Gabor Liptak (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Gabor Liptak commented on HBASE-13852:
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Based on a quick review, the master/slave terminology is exposed in interfaces (there is a "master" command, there are environment variables like HBASE_SLAVE_SLEEP), in the API (stopMaster()), file names, etc. How extensive incompatible changes are acceptable around this?

Also is coordinator/regionserver would be the preferred rename?

> Replace master-slave terminology in book, site, and javadoc with a more modern vocabulary
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>                 Key: HBASE-13852
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-13852
>             Project: HBase
>          Issue Type: Task
>          Components: documentation, site
>            Reporter: Andrew Purtell
>            Priority: Minor
>             Fix For: 2.0.0
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> We should reconsider our use of historical master-slave terminology everywhere - book, site, and javadoc - and replace it with a more modern vocabulary. There was a conversation in the background at HBaseCon about this (I was involved in one on Twitter). Out of some of the suggestions, I like "coordinator" as replacement for "master", and "worker" as one replacement for "slave", with the other the more descriptive "regionserver" or "region server".



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