Newsgroups: php.internals Path: news.php.net Xref: news.php.net php.internals:110625 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mailing list internals@lists.php.net Received: (qmail 9119 invoked from network); 17 Jun 2020 11:14:53 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO php-smtp4.php.net) (45.112.84.5) by pb1.pair.com with SMTP; 17 Jun 2020 11:14:53 -0000 Received: from php-smtp4.php.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CF671804F2 for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:00:33 -0700 (PDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on php-smtp4.php.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-ASN: AS8468 78.32.0.0/15 X-Spam-Virus: No X-Envelope-From: Received: from mint.phcomp.co.uk (freshmint.phcomp.co.uk [78.32.209.33]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by php-smtp4.php.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS for ; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:00:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from addw by mint.phcomp.co.uk with local (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1jlUrp-0005H8-Dg for internals@lists.php.net; Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:00:25 +0100 Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:00:25 +0100 To: internals@lists.php.net Message-ID: <20200617100025.GK14030@phcomp.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: internals@lists.php.net References: <37381398-3330-e5c3-4ae8-e668ca545194@lsces.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: Organization: Parliament Hill Computers Ltd User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-12-10) Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC][Discussion] Change terminology to ExcludeList From: addw@phcomp.co.uk (Alain D D Williams) On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 11:46:12AM +0200, Michał Marcin Brzuchalski wrote: > Therefore IMO we should choose a new name wisely so it can be > self-descriptive. Also: important to choose words/names that are being adopted elsewhere; thus people will recognise it as they have learned it elsewhere. I cannot predict what new words will become the replacement for blacklist - if it is indeed replaced. No one can. I would suggest that this be put into the cooler until (and if) there is general agreement elsewhere -- we would not want to change again in a couple of years as we had chosen the 'wrong' term. Regards -- Alain Williams Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT Lecturer. +44 (0) 787 668 0256 https://www.phcomp.co.uk/ Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: https://www.phcomp.co.uk/Contact.html #include