Re: technical terms overhaul
On Friday, 19 June 2020 16:32:19 -04 Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 2:14 PM Eike Lantzsch <zp6cge@gmx.net> wrote:
> > On the danger of starting a flame war ...
> > thinking about the article by Gunnar Wolf on Planet Debian
> >
> > instead of "whitelist" and "blacklist" I would like to propose the terms:
> > "allowlist" and "rejectlist"
> > instead of (for example on disk drives) "master" and "slave" I like to
> > propose
> > the terms:
> > "lead" and "lag" which are e.g. used when electrically managing two pumps
> > working on the same hydraulic circuit.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> Keeping with the color dynamic but disconnecting it from potential racial
> connotations, how about "redlist" and "greenlist"? I kinda feel like the
> five common traffic signal colors are pretty universal, especially the
> first three.
I really like "redlist" and "greenlist". Traffic lights abound in every country
and are most probably well understood everywhere.
Have a nice day
Eike
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