> On Jun 6, 2020, at 12:47, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org> wrote: > > Changing 'blacklist' into 'blocklist' or 'blackhole' into 'sinkhole' > seems doable. There is no 'slave' in documentation, program names > or parameter names. Internal identifiers and comments can be updated > with no visible consequence. Other changes would be difficult.
Code changes introduce risk (as I no doubt don’t need to tell Wietse). I’m reminded from my days many, many years ago using VAX/VMS systems. In looking at the files that made up that operating system, I noticed a file name that seemed out of place (STARLET, IIRC) and didn’t fit the rest of the apparent naming scheme. I would eventually find out it was the pre-release “working name” of what would become VMS but by the time DEC settled on the VMS name, the old name was too embedded in the code to risk trying to change all the code. I’ve been away from VMS for 25 years or so but it wouldn’t surprise me if that old name still lives on in the current version. — Larry Stone lston...@stonejongleux.com
