Hi Richard, Thank you for replying.
> I appreciate this patch has good intent but I would really like to see a wider > plan on how we address this rather than changing single variables piecemeal. Shoud I need to replace not only CVE check but also other class? I plan to replace inclusive languages only in CVE check tool. I will replace words except for CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST in the class(ex. cve_whitelist, whitelisted) with another patch. Thanks, > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Purdie <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2021 7:04 PM > To: Ito, Yuichi <ito-yui...@fujitsu.com>; > openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org > Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] cve-check: Add allowlist that is same > function of whitelist. > > On Wed, 2021-06-23 at 17:56 +0900, ito-yui...@fujitsu.com wrote: > > The Linux team plan to removed references to racially-charged jargon > > from their code for more neutral and inclusive language. > > So replace use of "whitelist" with "allowlist" in cve-check. > > > > First, we add CVE_CHECK_ALLOWLIST and it is considered patched as > well > > as CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST. > > We plan to replace about other word later and eventualy, replace all > > "whitelist" to "allowlist". > > > > Signed-off-by: Yuichi Ito <ito-yui...@fujitsu.com> > > The TSC did discuss this and proposed a plan on how we should go about > addressing these issues: > > https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/topic/inclus > ive_language_summary/75821819 > > I appreciate this patch has good intent but I would really like to see a wider > plan on how we address this rather than changing single variables piecemeal. > > For example we may want to standardise on the term "IGNORE" rather than > "ALLOW" or even "FILTER" or "VERIFIED" or something more specific to the > meaning of CVEs and CVE checking. > > There is an opportunity to try and make the metadata and variable names > more consistent and understandable but if we just change single things at a > time this opportunity would be missed. > > Cheers, > > Richard
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