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Jan Šmucr commented on AMQ-7514:
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[~ehossack] +1
I have no clue how the term blacklist relates to skin color. The origins of the
term do not refer to a race in any means. Should the "black" part be an issue,
let's get rid of "yellow" and "red" too, as these are another colors widely
used in relation to skin color.
Removing such terms from our lives does not solve any real world issue. Should
anyone be offended by finding "blacklist" being used as a technical term, they
would definitely find something else to be offended by if that got replaced.
Self-consciousness targeted therapy might work better.
At my job we solve issues bringing improvements that move us forward, so that
in the end we can say *_doing this brought us this very benefit_*. This task
lacks anything alike. Will it result in more diverse community, or is it just a
political issue with no real impact?
> Replace racially charged terms throughout source code, comments and
> documentation
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>
> Key: AMQ-7514
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-7514
> Project: ActiveMQ
> Issue Type: Task
> Reporter: Bruce Snyder
> Priority: Major
> Time Spent: 3h 50m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> Given the racial charged nature of certain terms in today's world, we must
> pull together to create a plan for changing any such terms throughout all the
> ActiveMQ projects and in the git repos themselves.
>
> Example: [https://activemq.apache.org/masterslave.html]
>
> Here are just a few terms that should be changed: * The following terms are
> being targeted for change:
> *
> ** 'master' and 'slave' should be replaced with the terms 'live' and 'backup'
> ** 'whitelist' and 'blacklist' should be replaced with the terms 'allowlist'
> and 'denylist'
> * Rename all the git 'master' branches to the term 'main'
> Proposal notes from activemq-dev mailing list
> Phase 1:
> 1. Deprecate terms such as ‘master’ and ’slave
> 2. log.warn any configuration change notifications
> 3. Provide compatibility under the covers for deprecated terms
> 4. Provide any openwire compatibility changes b/w ActiveMQ 5 and Artemis
> 5. Notify users in an announcement and provide a conversion HOWTO
> Phase 2:
> 1. Remove terminology as part of a major or minor release (SEMVER where ‘y’
> in ‘x.y.z’ is minor version number)
> New terms:
> a. For shared storage: ‘active’ and ’standby’
> b. For replication: ‘primary’ and ‘replica'
> c. For 'white list' and 'blacklist': 'allow list' and 'deny list'
> For example:
> ‘master’ -> ‘active’
> ’slave’ -> ’standby'
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