Xavier, I'm dismayed to see some of these instances are my fault. Fully support your plan.
John, I had the same thought -- "list" is extraneous here. In the case of "topics.whitelist" we already have precedent to just use "topics". Ryanne On Sat, Jun 20, 2020, 12:43 PM John Roesler <vvcep...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks Xavier! > > I’m +1 on this idea, and I’m glad this is the extent of what needs to be > changed. I recall when I joined the project being pleased at the lack of > common offensive terminology. I hadn’t considered whitelist/blacklist, but > I can see the argument. > > Allowlist/blocklist are kind of a mouthful, though. > > What do you think of just “allow” and “deny” instead? This is common > terminology in ACLs for example, and it doesn’t really seem necessary to > say “list” in the config name. > > Alternatively, looking at the actual configs, it seems like “include”, > “include-only” (or “only”) and “exclude” might be more appropriate in > context. > > I hope this doesn’t kick off a round of bikeshedding. I’m really fine > either way; I doubt it matters much. I just wanted to see if we can name > these configs without making up new multi-syllable words. > > Thanks for bringing it up! > -John > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2020, at 09:31, Ron Dagostino wrote: > > Yes. Thank you. > > > > > On Jun 20, 2020, at 12:20 AM, Gwen Shapira <g...@confluent.io> wrote: > > > > > > Thank you so much for this initiative. Small change, but it makes our > > > community more inclusive. > > > > > > Gwen > > > > > >> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020, 6:02 PM Xavier Léauté <x...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> > > >> Hi Everyone, > > >> > > >> There are a number of places in our codebase that use racially charged > > >> terms. I am proposing we update them to use more neutral terms. > > >> > > >> The KIP lists the ones I have found and proposes alternatives. If you > see > > >> any I missed or did not consider, please reply and I'll add them. > > >> > > >> > > >> > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/KIP-629%3A+Use+racially+neutral+terms+in+our+codebase > > >> > > >> Thank you, > > >> Xavier > > >> > > >
