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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday July 15 2020, @12:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the ban-hammer dept.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-team-approves-new-terminology-bans-terms-like-blacklist-and-slave/

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'


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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:51AM (11 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:51AM (#1021628)

    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.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:01AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:01AM (#1021637)

    blacklist = badlist
    whitelist = goodlist
    graylist = ???

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:36AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:36AM (#1021663)

      blacklist = badlist
      whitelist = goodlist
      graylist = doubleplusungoodlist

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by hendrikboom on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:17AM

      by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:17AM (#1021687) Homepage Journal

      delaylist?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:06AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:06AM (#1021812)

      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)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:02AM (#1021638)

    "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

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @02:46AM (#1021672)

      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

      by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 15 2020, @06:15AM (#1021748) Journal

      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)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:11AM (#1021813)

      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

        by maxwell demon (1608) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @11:52AM (#1021832) Journal

        Hmmm … “Chief Executive Officer”? But then “capitalism” and “capital punishment” obviously share linguistic roots, so maybe it fits. ;-)

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:02PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:02PM (#1021952)

        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

          by Bot (3902) on Wednesday July 15 2020, @05:29PM (#1022002) Journal

          IF IT WAS GOOD ENOUGH FOR STALIN IT IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU
          sheesh

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