On Wed, 2020-06-17 at 14:32 -0700, a...@linux-foundation.org wrote: > The patch titled > Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead > of blacklist/whitelist > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist.patch [] > ------------------------------------------------------ > From: SeongJae Park <sjp...@amazon.de> > Subject: scripts/deprecated_terms: recommend denylist/allowlist instead of > blacklist/whitelist > > This commit recommends that patches replace 'blacklist' and 'whitelist' > with 'denylist' and 'allowlist', because the new suggestions are > incontrovertible, doesn't make people hurt, and are more self-explanatory. [] > --- > a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt~scripts-deprecated_terms-recommend-denylist-allowlist-instead-of-blacklist-whitelist > +++ a/scripts/deprecated_terms.txt > @@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ > # The format of each line is: > # deprecated||suggested > # > +blacklist||denylist > +whitelist||allowlist
I think this is a poor use of deprecated terms as it has nothing to do with skin color.
