From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-9.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D735C433E1 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 30DBA206F4 for ; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=amazon.com header.i=@amazon.com header.b="WrTnAwhx" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727107AbgFJJRT (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 05:17:19 -0400 Received: from smtp-fw-6001.amazon.com ([52.95.48.154]:10664 "EHLO smtp-fw-6001.amazon.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726961AbgFJJRT (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Jun 2020 05:17:19 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=amazon.com; i=@amazon.com; q=dns/txt; s=amazon201209; t=1591780638; x=1623316638; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version: in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=yTRa4iuclDKGDxr3hcHPUWfgnxSsbA46QRlOw0aYhtg=; b=WrTnAwhxAQFjLo7KM+ygP8tUzTfPQSjzSLAbURGr+MnUh8NgCpVS3JWj aOa0HtJZv5zZbFmVxrqjg6cncnAwWwX+hZuGgkOfYvbRD85w5G5VFeIxq hzzMPDnyY9UTseZZ5OllmTAMzY5U8tZdxW988Ki2fsK0+0u6OhM4Nuygt Y=; IronPort-SDR: sb3XkJQpvy2MlML82JqCdr/sI1XZ9v9qBgg0lP+DmB50kMsjl6syi1tvgFFSGRakZy5XTecow3 Lxd2RZUHzuNA== X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.73,495,1583193600"; d="scan'208";a="36829050" Received: from iad12-co-svc-p1-lb1-vlan3.amazon.com (HELO email-inbound-relay-2a-8549039f.us-west-2.amazon.com) ([10.43.8.6]) by smtp-border-fw-out-6001.iad6.amazon.com with ESMTP; 10 Jun 2020 09:17:17 +0000 Received: from EX13MTAUEA002.ant.amazon.com (pdx4-ws-svc-p6-lb7-vlan2.pdx.amazon.com [10.170.41.162]) by email-inbound-relay-2a-8549039f.us-west-2.amazon.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 93D91A1D47; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:17:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from EX13D31EUA001.ant.amazon.com (10.43.165.15) by EX13MTAUEA002.ant.amazon.com (10.43.61.77) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.2; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:17:15 +0000 Received: from u886c93fd17d25d.ant.amazon.com (10.43.160.26) by EX13D31EUA001.ant.amazon.com (10.43.165.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1497.2; Wed, 10 Jun 2020 09:17:10 +0000 From: SeongJae Park To: Jiri Slaby CC: SeongJae Park , , , , , SeongJae Park Subject: Re: Re: [PATCH v2] scripts/spelling: Recommend blocklist/allowlist instead of blacklist/whitelist Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 11:16:55 +0200 Message-ID: <20200610091655.4682-1-sjpark@amazon.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: (raw) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Originating-IP: [10.43.160.26] X-ClientProxiedBy: EX13D40UWA003.ant.amazon.com (10.43.160.29) To EX13D31EUA001.ant.amazon.com (10.43.165.15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 10 Jun 2020 10:50:24 +0200 Jiri Slaby wrote: > On 09. 06. 20, 14:25, SeongJae Park wrote: > > From: SeongJae Park > > > > This commit recommends the patches to replace 'blacklist' and > > 'whitelist' with the 'blocklist' and 'allowlist', because the new > > suggestions are incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and more > > self-explanatory. > > Sorry, but no, it's definitely not. > > > Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park > > --- > > scripts/spelling.txt | 2 ++ > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/spelling.txt b/scripts/spelling.txt > > index d9cd24cf0d40..ea785568d8b8 100644 > > --- a/scripts/spelling.txt > > +++ b/scripts/spelling.txt > > @@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ beter||better > > betweeen||between > > bianries||binaries > > bitmast||bitmask > > +blacklist||blocklist > > Blocklist means a list of blocks here. How about 'denylist', then? > > > boardcast||broadcast > > borad||board > > boundry||boundary > > @@ -1495,6 +1496,7 @@ whcih||which > > whenver||whenever > > wheter||whether > > whe||when > > +whitelist||allowlist > > Wut? allowlist I am seeing for the 1st time. Wouldn't it easy to infer the intention, though? > > Some purists, linguists, and politicians are true fellows at times, or > at least they think so. This comes in waves and even if they try hard, > people won't adopt their nonsense. Like we, Czechs, still call piano by > German Klavier, and not břinkoklapka, suggested in 19th century (among > many others) by the horny extremists. > > Shall we stop using black, white, blue, and other colors only because > they relate to skin color of avatars now? I doubt that. Well, I have no strong opinion on this, but... if some people are really being hurt by use of some terms and we could avoid spread of the term with only little cost, I believe it's worth to make the change. Thanks, SeongJae Park > > thanks, > -- > js > suse labs