* Posts by paddydunne

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Linus Torvalds banishes masters, slaves and blacklists from the Linux kernel, starting now

paddydunne

The irony

Its a bit silly changing these names to more cuddly variations. Now, one thing puzzles me. If Linus wanted to change the terms on account of how 'rascisty' they are then why follow this pattern:

white list shall be “primary” and blacklist “secondary”. Oh, whitelist could also be “leaders” and blacklists now “followers”. Oh, one more... whitelist can now be “directors” and blacklist “performers”. Uh oh, there's more.... Whitelists will become “allowlists” or “passlists” and Blacklists are to become “denylists” or “blocklists”.

Hmm...... I'm getting a vibe here that I wasn't getting before.... Where can one draw the line?