From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 06:30:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove use of "whitelist"
Message-ID: <xmqq5yjy3n2c.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.1274.v2.git.1657852722.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> The word "whitelist" has cultural implications that make its use
> non-inclusive.
>
> A previous version of this series recommended the replacement of
> "allowlist", but that term is still new and not accepted by some common
> dictionaries.
>
> Instead, this version avoids the use of "whitelist" by rewording the
> sentences that use it. In many cases, this improves readability since the
> term is used suddenly without other context (and in some cases, is not
> necessary at all).
>
> There is one case where "whitelist" is replaced with "allow_list" but that
> is because we are operating on a string list parsed from the
> GIT_ALLOW_PROTOCOL environment variable.
>
> Thanks, -Stolee

Maybe I am biased, but for all the changes in these patches, I find
the updated text far easier to understand than a mere replacing of
the words s/white/allow/, even if I pretend that allowlist is
considered by everybody a proper part of English vocabulary.  After
all, I think most of the places did not have to say "whitelist" in
the first place.

Will queue.

Thanks.