On 15.06.2020 20:05, Alexander Nasonov wrote:
Christos Zoulas wrote:
Hello folks,
I've renamed blacklist to blocklist, so if you are currently using it,
you should rename things accordingly:
- rc.conf variable
- /var/db/blacklist.db file
- npf table name
Apologies for the inconvenience,
I doubt that you can express a concept of exclusion without offending
anyone. E.g. the new term reminds me of blockades.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_blockades
Whitelist/blacklist is a regular term in computing. I have never seen
'blocklisting' before.
According to grep.app: blacklisting 4560 results vs blocklisting 51,
while blocklisting is (or was) more associated with other terms like
listing block coverage (as opposed to branch coverage).
New name/term is confusing.