Re: [PATCH] Replace 'whitelist' with 'allow'

[John Snow]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:53 AM Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> Let's use more inclusive language here and avoid terms
> that are frowned upon nowadays.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: John Snow <jsnow@redhat.com>

> ---
>  docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst | 2 +-
>  docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst           | 2 +-
>  scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst 
> b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> index 09a8d12c2c..fec33ce148 100644
> --- a/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> +++ b/docs/devel/submitting-a-patch.rst
> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ ideas from other posts. If you do subscribe, be prepared 
> for a high
>  volume of email, often over one thousand messages in a week. The list is
>  moderated; first-time posts from an email address (whether or not you
>  subscribed) may be subject to some delay while waiting for a moderator
> -to whitelist your address.
> +to allow your address.
>
>  The larger your contribution is, or if you plan on becoming a long-term
>  contributor, then the more important the rest of this page becomes.
> diff --git a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
> index 8e08a29e89..faf6349ea5 100644
> --- a/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
> +++ b/docs/tools/qemu-nbd.rst
> @@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ disconnects:
>    qemu-nbd -f qcow2 file.qcow2
>
>  Start a long-running server listening with encryption on port 10810,
> -and whitelist clients with a specific X.509 certificate to connect to
> +and allow clients with a specific X.509 certificate to connect to
>  a 1 megabyte subset of a raw file, using the export name 'subset':
>
>  ::
> diff --git a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py 
> b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
> index 539ead62b4..b369388360 100755
> --- a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
> +++ b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def check_fields_match(name, s_field, d_field):
>          return True
>
>      # Some fields changed names between qemu versions.  This list
> -    # is used to whitelist such changes in each section / description.
> +    # is used to allow such changes in each section / description.
>      changed_names = {
>          'apic': ['timer', 'timer_expiry'],
>          'e1000': ['dev', 'parent_obj'],
> --
> 2.31.1
>