• RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    I’ve always taken issue with this “master” v. “main” argument.

    People think it’s “master” as in “master/slave”, but forked branches are not “slaves”.

    Instead, it’s “master” as in “master/proxy”. The forked branches are altered copies of an original. We have remastered movies, music and games, and I’ve never seen anyone complain about the word in this context. Why should version control systems be any different?

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I wish there were a good alternative to master and slave that still had the connotation that the master did all the thinking and issued the orders, while the slave blindly obeyed. There are a fair number of protocols that work like that, and the alternatives I’ve seen don’t capture that dynamic very well.

    I’ve seen Parent and Child, but children definitely don’t always do what the parent commands. I’ve seen Leader and Follower, but again, followers don’t just blindly obey, they often let the leader take initiative, but they have some autonomy. Maybe Queen and Drone? I don’t know enough about bees or ants to know if that’s accurate though.

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Perhaps people offended by the usage of master/slave in IT need to understand it isn’t talking about people

        • T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          It would at least be a little more understandable, what with the whole aborting, terminating, or killing children before the parents to prevent zombies.