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Use neutral terminology instead of oppressive language

See original GitHub issue

Let’s please do this:

blacklist / whitelist -> blocklist / allowlist
change master branch to main
white/black box testing -> clear/opaque

It’s time!

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Created 3 years ago
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sbrannencommented, Jun 17, 2020

Regarding the terms white box and black box, I am not aware of any such usage within the Spring Framework. Were you listing general things that one could change, or are you aware of any further usage of those terms in Spring Framework?

I apologize: I made a mistake in my search.

The term black box appears in examples that use the Blackbox CCI connector from the JDK (com.sun.connector.cciblackbox.CciConnectionSpec). In that context, it is challenging to avoid use of the term. Otherwise, use of the term “black box” has now been removed in 9acb5b1a4aba8b8f8cdd070cccfbf43e2e9c5666.

Regarding the term “whitelist” in the Gradle build, see https://github.com/spring-io/nohttp/issues/37 and #25266.

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sbrannencommented, Jun 17, 2020

Within the Spring Framework, work has already been done in a2d516d526b482c5824429480963dc92eb2fcd2f and 972c01cbbd8c99c9c175519dbbae67751c567d86 to avoid the use of whitelist / blacklist.

Are you aware of any further usage of those terms in Spring Framework?

Changing the name of the master branch to main is something that is being considered, but it will require further investigation to determine how best to do that with minimal impact on the community and contributors.

Regarding the terms white box and black box, I am not aware of any such usage within the Spring Framework. Were you listing general things that one could change, or are you aware of any further usage of those terms in Spring Framework?

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