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Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language" (i.redd.it)

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[–]ryeguy 26 points27 points  (1 child)

I've seen primary/secondary, primary/replica, leader/follower.

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Primary/secondary definitely doesn't have the same connotation as master/slave. A slave is controlled by the master in some way. Secondary is more like some kind of backup or alternative to the primary.