[SPARK-32333] Drop references to Master

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Component/s: Spark Core, SQL
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Thomas Graves
• Created: 16/Jul/20 14:55
• Updated: 13/Sep/21 21:10

Description

We have a lot of references to "master" in the code base. It will be beneficial to remove references to problematic language that can alienate potential community members. 

SPARK-32004 removed references to slave

 
Here is a IETF draft to fix up some of the most egregious examples
(master/slave, whitelist/backlist) with proposed alternatives.
https://tools.ietf.org/id/draft-knodel-terminology-00.html#rfc.section.1.1.1

Issue Links

• is duplicated by: SPARK-35952 Inclusive terminology usage in Spark
• relates to: HADOOP-17168 Remove non-inclusive terminology from Hadoop Common
• relates to: SPARK-32004 Drop references to slave