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Follower -> Replica #42

Closed sanderpick closed 4 years ago

sanderpick commented 4 years ago

Change terminology from "follower" to "replica". From @Gozala

I find Follower term misleading (I recognize I share responsibility here). I think "replica", "mirror", "amplifier" would be a better term as fundamentally that is a mechanism for replication and improved availability. During a call I recall mention of "Follower" peers that do more than just replicate, however that peer probably should have a different name, fact that it plays multiple roles in the swarm is unrelated. I also imagine that some people may choose to use different server peers to fulfill those two different roles.

carsonfarmer commented 4 years ago

Are we also going to change the name of the key? Or just the terminology in the paper @sanderpick?