[COUCHDB-2248] Replace "master" and "slave" terminology

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Component/s: Documentation
• Security Level: public (Regular issues)
• Assignee: Alexander Shorin
• Reporter: Naomi Slater
• Created: 26/May/14 23:03
• Updated: 10/Jul/14 14:00
• Resolved: 28/May/14 21:30

Description

Inspired by the comments on this PR:

https://github.com/django/django/pull/2692

Summary is: `master` and `slave` are racially charged terms, and it would be good to avoid them. Django have gone for `primary` and `replica`. But we also have to deal with what we now call multi-master setups. I propose "peer to peer" as a replacement, or just "peer" if you're describing one node.

As far as I can tell, the primary work here is the docs. The wiki and any supporting material can be updated after.