Linus Torvalds approved on Friday a new and more inclusive terminology for the Linux kernel code and documentation.
Going forward, Linux developers have been asked to use new terms for the master/slave and blacklist/whitelist terminologies.
The Linux team did not recommend any specific terms but asked developers to choose as appropriate.
The new terms are to be used for new source code written for the Linux kernel and its associated documentation.
The older terms, considered inadequate now, will only be allowed for maintaining older code and documentation, or "when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol specification that mandates those terms."
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Linux kernel will no longer use terms 'blacklist' and 'slave'
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:51AM (11 children)
There's other issues. For example, you can have white lists, blacklists and greylists for use with your email. With other colors that wouldn't work and with other words it gets rather complicated. People generally know what two of those words are already, the third doesn't require much explanation that it's in between the two options.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:01AM (3 children)
blacklist = badlist
whitelist = goodlist
graylist = ???
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:36AM
blacklist = badlist
whitelist = goodlist
graylist = doubleplusungoodlist
(Score: 3, Interesting) by hendrikboom on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:17AM
delaylist?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:06AM
Badlist and Goodlist are associated with santa claus. As a devout atheist and anti-consumerist I renounce your trying to oppress me with your christian words.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:02AM (6 children)
"block-list/pass-list/, director/executor, source/sink"
Time to exercise that imagination instead of that emotional outrage.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:46AM
Playing sport, making a film, running software, leaking information and washing my hands of it all.
Why do you hate me bigot?
(Score: 3, Touché) by chromas on Wednesday July 15 2020, @06:15AM
Emotional outrage is the entire reason for changing the terms in the first place.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:11AM (3 children)
Nope, can't use executor (nor executive) because it has associations with capital punishment.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:52AM
Hmmm … “Chief Executive Officer”? But then “capitalism” and “capital punishment” obviously share linguistic roots, so maybe it fits. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:02PM (1 child)
the highest title in our company is now "secretary"
let that sink in for a moment
and yes occupied by a female at the moment
(Score: 4, Funny) by Bot on Wednesday July 15 2020, @05:29PM
IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR STALIN IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
sheesh
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