Replace Whitelist With Allowlist

all: replace usages of whitelist/blacklist and master/slave There's been plenty of discussion on the usage of these terms in tech. I'm not trying to have yet another debate. It's clear that there are people who are hurt by them and who are made to feel unwelcome by their use due to technical reasons but to their historical and social context. That's simply enough reason to replace their usage. Anyway, allowlist and blocklist are more self-explanatory than whitelist and blacklist, so this change has negative cost. Didn't change vendored, bundled, and minified files. Nearly all changes are tests or comments, with a couple renames in cmd/link and cmd/oldlink which are extremely safe. This should be fine to land during the freeze without even asking for an exception. Change-Id: I8fc54a3c8f9cc1973b710bbb9558e9e45810b896

A screenshot of a code review showing a proposed change titled “all: replace usages of whitelist/blacklist and master/slave.” The author argues that the terms can make people feel unwelcome because of their historical and social context, while claiming the replacement has “negative cost.” The joke is the bureaucratic, overly serious tone of a mundane terminology rename, often shared as a reaction to corporate language changes and contentious tech debates.

• @right_wing_dev_squads / 4633 2022-08-10