Nice one Ash,

+1

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On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 05:04, Jarek Potiuk <jarek.pot...@polidea.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed. Thanks Ash! Much appreciated!
>
> J.
>
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 1:40 AM Kevin Yang <yrql...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thank you Ash. +1 and stamped.
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kevin Y
> >
> > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 2:46 PM Deng Xiaodong <xd.den...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Appreciate your effort, Ash. And a +1 for this.
> > >
> > >
> > > XD
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 23:31 Ash Berlin-Taylor <a...@apache.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I have just opened a PR to rename the few of the remaining instances of
> > > > whitelist or blacklist in our code base. (There weren't many.) There
> > are
> > > > some we can't remove yet (because they are modules/classes/config from
> > > > external modules. I have opened issues in those projects for most of
> > > them)
> > > >
> > > > It's fairly common to say whitelisting and blacklisting to describe
> > > > desirable and undesirable things in cyber security. Just because
> > > > it is common doesn't mean it's right.
> > > >
> > > > However, there's an issue with the terminology. It only makes sense if
> > > > you equate white with 'good, permitted, safe' and black with 'bad,
> > > > dangerous, forbidden'. There are some obvious problems with this.
> > > >
> > > > You may not see why this matters. If you're not adversely affected by
> > > > racial stereotyping yourself, then please count yourself lucky. For
> > some
> > > > of your friends and colleagues (and potential future colleagues), this
> > > > really is a change worth making.
> > > >
> > > > From now on, we will use 'allow list' and 'deny list' in place of
> > > > 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' wherever possible. Which, in fact, is
> > > > clearer and less ambiguous. So as well as being more inclusive of all,
> > > > this is a net benefit to our understandability.
> > > >
> > > > (Words mostly borrowed from
> > > > https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/terminology-its-not-black-and-white)
> > > >
> > > > And to reaffirm the trailer from that blog post: If you’re thinking
> > > > about getting in touch saying "this is political correctness gone mad",
> > > or
> > > > "what's the big deal", don’t bother. If that is your view then you are
> > > > not welcome in this community.
> > > >
> > > > The PR is https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/9174
> > > >
> > > > -ash
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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