It wouldn't be hard to start a movement and get people to sign-up for a demand to change a word like allowlist to something else, and then jump on the something else to change it again.
There is no possible way that any rational human, whom understands the language in question, English in this case, could mistake Master and Slave, as used in technology, for the context of non-voluntary human slavery. In the same vain Whitelist / Blacklist doesn't have the same context being misappropriated to it, by peopl
How far are we willing to go to bubble wrap the world so no one can get offended, over anything, even by accident, and their own willingness to not understand?
We're not as it happens. You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this. The choice isn't about whether to offend fewer people, it's about who to offend and who has the worst reasons for taking offence.
As TFS said about one of the points, it's a negative cost change since the new terminology is clearer.
If a lot of people take offence to something that's isn't offensive in the context, that says a lot about the people instead of what they're getting offended about; which is why I point out that this isn't a big deal, but rather a mislabelling of efforts.
Replica / Primary doesn't provide more clarity then Master / Slave, but it also doesn't provide less. You can infer that the replica is a replicate of the primary, but the term doesn't actually require it to a replicate of a primary source, it can replicate any source, just not itself. Understanding that, I can obviously figure out that in most cases it's a primary replicate, but that's only because I understand the context it's used in, generally, opposed to the people who think terms like Master / Slave have to be changed.
What if allowlist offends me / my group? (Score:5, Insightful)
There is no possible way that any rational human, whom understands the language in question, English in this case, could mistake Master and Slave, as used in technology, for the context of non-voluntary human slavery. In the same vain Whitelist / Blacklist doesn't have the same context being misappropriated to it, by peopl
Re: (Score:1, Troll)
How far are we willing to go to bubble wrap the world so no one can get offended, over anything, even by accident, and their own willingness to not understand?
We're not as it happens. You might have noticed but a LOT of people seem to be deeply offended by this. The choice isn't about whether to offend fewer people, it's about who to offend and who has the worst reasons for taking offence.
As TFS said about one of the points, it's a negative cost change since the new terminology is clearer.
Same for master/sl
Re:What if allowlist offends me / my group? (Score:2)
Replica / Primary doesn't provide more clarity then Master / Slave, but it also doesn't provide less. You can infer that the replica is a replicate of the primary, but the term doesn't actually require it to a replicate of a primary source, it can replicate any source, just not itself. Understanding that, I can obviously figure out that in most cases it's a primary replicate, but that's only because I understand the context it's used in, generally, opposed to the people who think terms like Master / Slave have to be changed.