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In short: You currently need exactly one master.
Actually the masters main responsibility is name lookup (all other node communictions are direct). So, if you loose the master, no new subscriptions or publications can be made.
I think there is some work going on for a multimaster setting, but that is aimed more at multi-robot settings.
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In short: You currently need exactly one master.
Actually the masters main responsibility is name lookup (all other node communictions are direct). So, if you loose the master, no new subscriptions or publications can be made.made. Existing connections will continue to operate.
I think there is some work going on for a multimaster setting, but that is aimed more at multi-robot settings.