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Linux creator Linus Torvalds puts stamp on proposal to use neutral language in kernel code and documentation.
Linux developers have been asked to use new terms for the master/slave and blacklist/whitelist terminologies.
Proposed alternatives for master/slave include:
primary/secondary
main/replica or subordinate
initiator/target
requester/responder
controller/device
host/worker or proxy
leader/follower
director/performer
Proposed alternatives for blacklist/whitelist include:
denylist/allowlist
blocklist/passlist
The new terms are to be used for new source code written for the Linux kernel and its associated documentation.
The older terms, considered inadequate now, will only be allowed for maintaining older code and documentation, or "when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol specification that mandates those terms."
Sources: Zdnet news, linux developers mailing list ( https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/4/229 )
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In the meantime, a famous Russian auto racing driver Daniil Kvyat, currently driving in Formula One, refused to kneel in Austria (Formula One new season) in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In his interview to Russian "1tv" TV, he explained that it would be against his Russian mentality - "Russians take knee only before the Homeland, Flag and God".
Source: 1tv (RU).
Linux developers have been asked to use new terms for the master/slave and blacklist/whitelist terminologies.
Proposed alternatives for master/slave include:
primary/secondary
main/replica or subordinate
initiator/target
requester/responder
controller/device
host/worker or proxy
leader/follower
director/performer
Proposed alternatives for blacklist/whitelist include:
denylist/allowlist
blocklist/passlist
The new terms are to be used for new source code written for the Linux kernel and its associated documentation.
The older terms, considered inadequate now, will only be allowed for maintaining older code and documentation, or "when updating code for an existing (as of 2020) hardware or protocol specification that mandates those terms."
Sources: Zdnet news, linux developers mailing list ( https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/7/4/229 )
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In the meantime, a famous Russian auto racing driver Daniil Kvyat, currently driving in Formula One, refused to kneel in Austria (Formula One new season) in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In his interview to Russian "1tv" TV, he explained that it would be against his Russian mentality - "Russians take knee only before the Homeland, Flag and God".
Source: 1tv (RU).
