On 7/9/20 4:43 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
Em Tue, 7 Jul 2020 01:58:21 +0200
Tibor Raschko <tibra...@gmail.com> escreveu:
Allowlist/denylist terms are intuitive and action based which have a
globally uniform meaning.
Nobody has a problem understanding "blacklist" and "whitelist". These
are universally understood words even outside of computing. Claiming
that we need clearer alternatives is smoke and mirrors.
Actually, as a non-native English speaker, the first time I saw
"<color>list", I had to do some research in order to understand what it
means :-)
Thanks for the perspective. This is why we need clear and uniform words.
Our community is global. English isn't English everywhere either.
That reminds me: what about "graylist"?
For coherency, if "blacklist/whitelist" won't be used anymore, an
alternative to graylist should also be provided.
Right now, it seems that only ACPI uses it:
$ git grep -i graylist
drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c:static void acpi_pm_check_graylist(struct
pci_dev *dev)
drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c: acpi_pm_check_graylist);
drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c: acpi_pm_check_graylist);
What is "graylist"? Does it mean in between allow/deny?
thanks,
-- Shuah
