On 2021-02-24 Emmett Culley wrote: > On 2/24/21 12:40 PM, Dirk Stöcker wrote: >> On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, Wietse Venema wrote: >> >>> Postfix version 3.6 deprecates terminology that implies white is >>> better than black. Instead, Postfix prefers 'allowlist', 'denylist', >>> and variations on those words. >> >> We had a late start, but it seems Newspeak will be established until >> 2050 as originally intended by ministery of truth. >> >> Doubleplusgood! > > What it the problem people seem to have with honest attempts to > address systemic racism in the world and the US especially. We can > expect NOTHING to change if we take a "I couldn't be bothered" > attitude. > > I can only assume that if you are complaining about someone else's > attempt to begin taking action, then you are a racist. If not, then I > apologize. But only if you are not.
"Taking action" to accomplish ... what exactly? Somebody please explain to me whose life got improved in any way by replacing the words "whitelist" and "blacklist" with "allowlist" and "denylist"? And people are racist now for calling a pointless change pointless? Wow. Regards Ansgar Wiechers -- "If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution." --Robert Sewell
