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

[Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>]

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://github.com/conscious-lang/conscious-lang-docs/blob/main/faq.md
> > > 
> > > 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.

Kevin