+1 đź‘Ť On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 2:05 PM Kaxil Naik <[email protected]> wrote:
> 👏 > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020, 08:28 Robin Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nice one Ash, > > > > +1 > > > > R > > > > On Mon, 8 Jun 2020 at 05:04, Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Indeed. Thanks Ash! Much appreciated! > > > > > > J. > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 8, 2020 at 1:40 AM Kevin Yang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Thank you Ash. +1 and stamped. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Kevin Y > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 2:46 PM Deng Xiaodong <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Appreciate your effort, Ash. And a +1 for this. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > XD > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 23:31 Ash Berlin-Taylor <[email protected]> > > 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/> > > >
