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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by apcragg on Sunday July 12, 2020 @10:56AM (#23811828)
In this case, the relationship of "master" and "slave" is intrinsically linked. No one is telling you to stop using "master" in other contexts. It is the master-slave relationship here that is the issue. You are beating down a strawman that wants to remove the term master in all contexts.
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by nemetroid on Sunday July 12, 2020 @11:08AM (#23811927)
In the context of this thread it might be a strawman, but there clearly exists an initiative to remove usage of the word master, even when not paired with ”slave”. One such example is the use of ”master” in Git contexts.
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Re:Merge tag 'inclusive-terminology' into Linux kernel by josteink on Sunday July 12, 2020 @02:37PM (#23813603)
> In this case, the relationship of "master" and "slave" is intrinsically linked.

Absolutely not.

The only link between them are as words written in your post.

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