Re: [PATCH 03/12] qga: Replace '--blacklist' command line option by '--denylist'

[Thomas Huth]

On 03/02/2021 17.02, Michael Roth wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2021 at 04:47:08PM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
> > Am 03.02.2021 um 13:45 hat BALATON Zoltan geschrieben:
> > > On Wed, 3 Feb 2021, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 09:58:15PM +0100, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> > > > > Follow the inclusive terminology from the "Conscious Language in your
> > > > > Open Source Projects" guidelines [*] and replace the word "blacklist"
> > > > > appropriately.
> > > > >
> > > > > Keep the --blacklist available for backward compatibility.
> > > > >
> > > > > [*] 
> > > > > https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fconscious-lang%2Fconscious-lang-docs%2Fblob%2Fmain%2Ffaq.md&data=04%7C01%7Cmichael.roth%40amd.com%7Cd17bb9d899914df4e04108d8c85b068f%7C3dd8961fe4884e608e11a82d994e183d%7C0%7C0%7C637479640585250068%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=HM%2Fg%2B79VIjp%2BR9bIVBDPkYHHbFa9C3sGMvhomxhJdgE%3D&reserved=0
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <philmd@redhat.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >   docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst | 2 +-
> > > > >   qga/main.c               | 6 ++++--
> > > > >   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> > > > > index 9a590bf95cb..89596e646de 100644
> > > > > --- a/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> > > > > +++ b/docs/interop/qemu-ga.rst
> > > > > @@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Options
> > > > >
> > > > >     Daemonize after startup (detach from terminal).
> > > > >
> > > > > -.. option:: -b, --blacklist=LIST
> > > > > +.. option:: -b, --denylist=LIST
> > > > >
> > > > >     Comma-separated list of RPCs to disable (no spaces, ``?`` to list
> > > > >     available RPCs).
> > > > > diff --git a/qga/main.c b/qga/main.c
> > > > > index 249fe06e8e5..66177b9e93d 100644
> > > > > --- a/qga/main.c
> > > > > +++ b/qga/main.c
> > > > > @@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ QEMU_COPYRIGHT "\n"
> > > > >   #ifdef _WIN32
> > > > >   "  -s, --service     service commands: install, uninstall, vss-install, 
> > > > > vss-uninstall\n"
> > > > >   #endif
> > > > > -"  -b, --blacklist   comma-separated list of RPCs to disable (no spaces, 
> > > > > \"?\"\n"
> > > > > +"  --blacklist       backward compatible alias for --denylist (deprecated)\n"
> > > > > +"  -b, --denylist    comma-separated list of RPCs to disable (no spaces, 
> > > > > \"?\"\n"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "-b" is a bit odd as a short name now, but i guess that's not the end
> > > > of the world.
> > >
> > > Maybe -b, --block  or --block-rpc? Not the best but at least preserves
> > > consistency with the short option.
> >
> > I was thinking about something like --blocked-rpcs, too, so +1 from me
> > for your latter option.
> >
> > If we're touching these names, let's try to actually make them good, not
> > just different. Neither --blacklist nor --denylist actually describe
> > well what the option does.
>
> +1 on --blocked-rpcs

Looks like there was never a follow up on this patch? Philippe, could you 
maybe respin with the suggested changes?

 Thomas