Re: Offensive variable names [was: Cool down ...]

["Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net>]

Hi,

Brian wrote:
> Variable change? A link from either of you, please.

After googling "offensive variable name" i got to:

  "Fix use of offensive word in kafka receiver factory_test"
  https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/issues/2286

which led to

  "changed variable name in kafka receiver"
  https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector/pull/2288/files/c16ff3d61ac966534590585477934eddaeb6b129


Above Github issue indicates that there are blacklists maintained:

  "Automated security scanners flag the use of this variable name as
   a potentially offensive word"

But of course the use of a blacklist is a problem too:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacklist_%28computing%29#Controversy_over_use_of_the_term
  https://www.theregister.com/2019/09/03/chromium_microsoft_offensive/


Whatever, the use of controversial words in publicly visible code is not
an indication of a professional attitude. Overdoing juvenile enthusiasm
for provocation might lead to a result like with the "weboob" package which
got removed from Debian
  https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=907199


Have a nice day :)

Thomas