Totally appreciate you doing this Ash, Love it!
On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:43 PM Tao Feng <fengta...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 1:55 AM Soma S Dhavala <soma.dhav...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > +1 👍 > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 2:05 PM Kaxil Naik <kaxiln...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 👏 > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 08:28 Robin Edwards <r...@bidnamic.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Nice one Ash, > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > R > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Jarek Potiuk > > > > > Polidea <https://www.polidea.com/> | Principal Software Engineer > > > > > > > > > > M: +48 660 796 129 <+48660796129> > > > > > [image: Polidea] <https://www.polidea.com/> > > > > > > > > > >
