Subject: Re: Use of term Master/Slave
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, sabrina.iqbal@target.com
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 22:56:46 -0400
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On 8/7/17 17:46, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 8/1/17 13:33, Andres Freund wrote:
>> On 2017-07-31 21:13:48 +0000, sabrina.iqbal@target.com wrote:
>>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
>>>
>>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/release-9-6.html
>>> Description:
>>>
>>> Wondering why PostgreSQL still uses the terms master and slave when there
>>> are other terms like primary/secondary that can be used in the same manner. 
>>
>> Yea, I think we should be more careful from now on. I think several
>> people already try, but it's not been a concerted effort so far.
> 
> Here is a patch to remove remaining uses of "slave" in replication contexts.

committed

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