Hi Marc, When I wrote this in 2015 I did not consider the terms blacklist/whitelist offensive, or associated them with race. If as was going to name the program today I would have chosen differently; perhaps I would have chosen 'denylist' instead of 'blocklist', (I smirk because the spell-checker autocorrected blocklist to blacklist even when I had it in quotes and I had to change it back), but I would not have called it blacklist. I made the poor naming choice in 2015, and I needed to fix it. I decided to do it quickly, and I did not want to have a discussion about it -- I was going to do it anyway. I believe that as insignificant and annoying that change might seem to some, it is a move in the right direction and I hope that it will inspire/encourage others to make similar changes where appropriate. We should be all doing whatever we can to correct social/race/gender/sex injustices/prejudices around us, and every little bit helps. Best, christos > On Jun 15, 2020, at 3:02 PM, Marc Balmer <mhbalmer%gmail.com@localhost> wrote: > > And you just do that based on you own opinion, without previous discussion, breaking existing confugurations, and all you have to offer is a „sorry for the inconvenience“? > > That inconvenience was not needed and nobody asked for it. > >> Am 15.06.2020 um 04:02 schrieb Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>: >> >> >> 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, >> >> christos
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