Manager/subscriber seems most accurate Sent from my iPhone> On Mar 12, 2021, at 20:13, Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com> wrote: > > ? > In place of secondary how about subscriber? It would be accurate to the role. > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 8:25 PM Dan Langille via Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote: >>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 8:15 PM, Rusty Bower wrote: >>> I?m not a fan of secondary when there can be multiple secondaries >> >> A secondary is a secondary. There can be multiple secondaries. >> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>>> On Mar 12, 2021, at 18:46, Dan Langille via Nut-upsuser <nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote: >>>> ? >>>>> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 6:52 PM, Jim Klimov via Nut-upsuser wrote: >>>>> Hello fellow NUTs :) >>>>> >>>>> Some time ago an issue https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/840 was raised, and with current work underway to publish a standard on NUT protocol it became more urgent - to retire the master/slave terminology from NUT configuration and documentation. >>>>> >>>>> I looked around for suitable synonyms, and for our primary use-case with upsmon roles - where it either manages an UPS by direct link and tells others to shut down ASAP, or is one of such shutdown agents being told what to do, words "manager" and "subordinate" seem neutral enough and reflective of the activities and relationship of these actors. >>>>> >>>>> Would native speakers or others better versed in the current dictionary of acceptable words please confirm if this choice is okay, or suggest better alternatives? >>>> >>>> What about primary and secondary? >>>> -- >>>> Dan Langille >>>> dan at langille.org >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Nut-upsuser mailing list >>>> Nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net >>>> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >> >> -- >> Dan Langille >> dan at langille.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nut-upsuser mailing list >> Nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net >> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20210312/05f365a2/attachment.htm>
On 3/12/21 9:14 PM, Rusty Bower wrote:> Manager/subscriber seems most accurate > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 12, 2021, at 20:13, Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com> wrote: >> >> ? >> In place of secondary how about subscriber? It would be accurate to >> the role.I'd been going to suggest controller and ... something. Controller and subscriber? -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications phils at caerllewys.net phil at co.ordinate.org Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958
Initiator in place of manager also works. So initiator/subscriber. But manager will likely be better recieved. On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 9:14 PM Rusty Bower <rusty at rustybower.com> wrote:> Manager/subscriber seems most accurate > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 12, 2021, at 20:13, Douglas Parsons <doug at parsonsemail.com> wrote: > > ? > In place of secondary how about subscriber? It would be accurate to the > role. > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 8:25 PM Dan Langille via Nut-upsuser < > nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 8:15 PM, Rusty Bower wrote: >> >> I?m not a fan of secondary when there can be multiple secondaries >> >> >> A secondary is a secondary. There can be multiple secondaries. >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Mar 12, 2021, at 18:46, Dan Langille via Nut-upsuser < >> nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net> wrote: >> >> ? >> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, at 6:52 PM, Jim Klimov via Nut-upsuser wrote: >> >> Hello fellow NUTs :) >> >> Some time ago an issue >> https://github.com/networkupstools/nut/issues/840 was raised, and with >> current work underway to publish a standard on NUT protocol it became more >> urgent - to retire the master/slave terminology from NUT configuration and >> documentation. >> >> I looked around for suitable synonyms, and for our primary use-case >> with upsmon roles - where it either manages an UPS by direct link and tells >> others to shut down ASAP, or is one of such shutdown agents being told what >> to do, words "manager" and "subordinate" seem neutral enough and reflective >> of the activities and relationship of these actors. >> >> Would native speakers or others better versed in the current dictionary >> of acceptable words please confirm if this choice is okay, or suggest >> better alternatives? >> >> >> What about primary and secondary? >> -- >> Dan Langille >> dan at langille.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nut-upsuser mailing list >> Nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net >> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >> >> >> -- >> Dan Langille >> dan at langille.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nut-upsuser mailing list >> Nut-upsuser at alioth-lists.debian.net >> https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser >> >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://alioth-lists.debian.net/pipermail/nut-upsuser/attachments/20210312/16b5a2d9/attachment.htm>