On Sun, Jul 11, 2021 at 10:05:39PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Brian wrote: > > Variable change? A link from either of you, please. > > After googling "offensive variable name" i got to: > > "Fix use of offensive word in kafka receiver factory_test" > https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/2286 > > which led to > > "changed variable name in kafka receiver" > > https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/2288/files/c16ff3d61ac966534590585477934eddaeb6b129 > > > Above Github issue indicates that there are blacklists maintained: > > "Automated security scanners flag the use of this variable name as > a potentially offensive word" > > But of course the use of a blacklist is a problem too: > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklist_%28computing%29#Controversy_over_use_of_the_term > https://www.theregister.com/2019/09/03/chromium_microsoft_offensive/ >
I've found deny_list and allow_list or similar to be quite useful. Everything can go too far but actually sometimes things do end up being more clear. > > Whatever, the use of controversial words in publicly visible code is not > an indication of a professional attitude. Overdoing juvenile enthusiasm > for provocation might lead to a result like with the "weboob" package which > got removed from Debian > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907199 > > > Have a nice day :) > You too Andy Cater > Thomas >