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: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @01:55AM (2 children)
You haven't actually seen shitty yet. Not even close. But fear not, your country is going to rocket straight into the toilet bowl.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @04:27AM
Oh it is shitty, but I don't deny it can get worse.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 15 2020, @03:09PM
You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.
The place already went into the toilet, through the pipes and is now trundling through the sewers looking for a match.
Get a grip.