On 15.06.2020 20:05, Alexander Nasonov wrote: > Christos Zoulas wrote: >> >> Hello folks, >> >> I've renamed blacklist to blocklist, so if you are currently using it, >> you should rename things accordingly: >> >> - rc.conf variable >> - /var/db/blacklist.db file >> - npf table name >> >> Apologies for the inconvenience, > > I doubt that you can express a concept of exclusion without offending > anyone. E.g. the new term reminds me of blockades. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_blockades >
Whitelist/blacklist is a regular term in computing. I have never seen 'blocklisting' before. According to grep.app: blacklisting 4560 results vs blocklisting 51, while blocklisting is (or was) more associated with other terms like listing block coverage (as opposed to branch coverage). New name/term is confusing.
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