Enrico, > -----Original Message----- > From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded- > c...@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Enrico Scholz via > lists.openembedded.org > Sent: Friday, February 4, 2022 9:16 AM > To: Alexander Kanavin <alex.kana...@gmail.com> > Cc: Jon Mason <jdma...@kudzu.us>; Yocto-mailing-list > <yo...@lists.yoctoproject.org>; Patches and discussions about the oe-core > layer <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org>; OpenEmbedded > Devel List <openembedded-de...@lists.openembedded.org> > Subject: Re: [oe] [OE-core] Inclusive Language Proposal for YP/OE > > Alexander Kanavin <alex.kana...@gmail.com> writes: > > >> > For BB_DISKMON_DIRS, the actions "ABORT, STOPTASKS and WARN" > would > >> > become "HALT, NO_NEW_TASKS and "WARN". > >> > >> I am not an native english speaker, but for "HALT" I will have to > >> think twice whether it will pause the operation or abort it. I would > >> stay at "ABORT" because it makes much more clear what happens. > > > > I'm not taking a stand here, but just providing the context for where > > the push for avoidance of 'abort' comes from: > > https://inclusivenaming.org/word-lists/tier-1/ > > > > Keep in mind that for non-native english speakers none of these words > > are emotionally charged; they're just terms. > > Yes; these are terms. But it should be possible to understand the meaning of > these terms without using a special "inclusivenaming" > dictionary. Else, we could just use "A", "B" and "C" for the actions above > and > explain these "terms" in some documentation later. >
Would CANCEL be clearer to you than HALT? > > >> > BB_HASHCONFIG_WHITELIST -> BB_HASHCONFIG_IGNORE_VARS > >> > BB_SETSCENE_ENFORCE_WHITELIST -> > BB_SETSCENE_ENFORCE_IGNORE_TASKS > >> > BB_HASHBASE_WHITELIST -> BB_BASEHASH_IGNORE_VARS > >> > MULTI_PROVIDER_WHITELIST -> BB_MULTI_PROVIDER_ALLOWED > >> > >> The new variable names sound like boolean flags, not like lists. > > > > I'd say the context should make it clear that they are lists > > It is bad when a context is required to understand the meaning of a variable. > > And where do you see a context when local.conf contains > > | BB_HASHCONFIG_IGNORE_VARS = "true" Would BB_HASHCONFIG_IGNORELIST or BB_HASHCONFIG_ALLOWEDLIST make more sense to you? Bryan > > > > Enrico
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