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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>
Cc: Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, johannes.schindelin@gmx.de,
	Derrick Stolee <derrickstolee@github.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Use "allowlist" and "denylist" tree-wide
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:28:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqedyoabqp.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <220713.86wncg3hnj.gmgdl@evledraar.gmail.com> (=?utf-8?B?IsOG?= =?utf-8?B?dmFyIEFybmZqw7Zyw7A=?= Bjarmason"'s message of "Wed, 13 Jul 2022 21:42:44 +0200")

Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jul 13 2022, Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget wrote:
>
>> The terms "allowlist" and "denylist" are self-defining. One "allows" things
>> while the other "denies" things.
>
> I've got a preference for things that can be found in widely available
> dictionaries, these words seem to be tech neologisms.

FWIW, I share the same.  I suspect that "whitelist" may be found in
more dictionaries than "allowlist".

e.g.

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowlist
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitelist

A statement "We have audience who are not native English speakers,
and may not share cultural background" may not be incorrect at all,
but that does not justify s/whitelist/allowlist/.  We end up with
sentences written with non-words that these non-natives cannot even
look up in dictionary.

If we can rephrase without using these invented words, we should do
so, especially when the result becomes even easier to read than the
original that used "whitelist".  I've shown a few examples in my
other messages in this thread.

Thanks.


  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-13 22:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-07-13 13:20 [PATCH 0/3] Use "allowlist" and "denylist" tree-wide Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 1/3] Documentation: use allowlist and denylist Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-13 15:21   ` Jeff King
2022-07-13 18:34     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-13 20:20   ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 2/3] t/*: use allowlist Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-13 13:20 ` [PATCH 3/3] *: use allowlist and denylist Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-13 13:27   ` Johannes Schindelin
2022-07-13 15:23   ` Jeff King
2022-07-13 13:29 ` [PATCH 0/3] Use "allowlist" and "denylist" tree-wide Johannes Schindelin
2022-07-13 16:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-13 18:33   ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-13 20:32     ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-13 19:42 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-13 22:28   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2022-07-15  2:25     ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-13 20:02 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-15  2:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove use of "whitelist" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-15  2:38   ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Documentation: remove use of whitelist Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-15 10:47     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-19 14:21       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-15  2:38   ` [PATCH v2 2/3] t/*: avoid "whitelist" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-15 11:02     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-19 15:09       ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-19 15:26         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-19 15:42           ` Derrick Stolee
2022-07-19 19:44         ` Junio C Hamano
2022-07-15  2:38   ` [PATCH v2 3/3] *: " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-15 11:19     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-07-15  6:30   ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Remove use of "whitelist" Junio C Hamano
2022-07-15 16:16     ` Phillip Wood
2022-07-19 18:32   ` [PATCH v3 0/5] " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-19 18:32     ` [PATCH v3 1/5] daemon: clarify directory arguments Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-19 18:32     ` [PATCH v3 2/5] git-cvsserver: clarify directory list Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-19 18:32     ` [PATCH v3 3/5] git.txt: remove redundant language Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-31  0:35       ` Jeff King
2022-07-19 18:32     ` [PATCH v3 4/5] t: avoid "whitelist" Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget
2022-07-19 18:32     ` [PATCH v3 5/5] transport.c: " Derrick Stolee via GitGitGadget

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