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Posted to user@spark.apache.org by "Rao, Abhishek (Nokia - IN/Bangalore)" <ab...@nokia.com> on 2021/06/30 10:19:03 UTC

Inclusive terminology usage in Spark

Hi,


Terms such as Blacklist/Whitelist and master/slave is used at different places in Spark Code. Wanted to know if there are any plans to modify this to more inclusive terminology, for eg: Denylist/Allowlist and Leader/Follower? If so, what is the timeline?

I've also created an improvement ticket to track this.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-35952

Thanks and Regards,
Abhishek

RE: Inclusive terminology usage in Spark

Posted by "Rao, Abhishek (Nokia - IN/Bangalore)" <ab...@nokia.com>.

HI Sean,

Thanks for the quick response. We’ll look into this.

Thanks and Regards,
Abhishek

From: Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 6:30 PM
To: Rao, Abhishek (Nokia - IN/Bangalore) <ab...@nokia.com>
Cc: User <us...@spark.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Inclusive terminology usage in Spark

This was covered and mostly done last year: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-32004
In some instances, it's hard to change the terminology as it would break user APIs, and the marginal benefit may not be worth it, but, have a look at the remaining task under that umbrella.

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 5:25 AM Rao, Abhishek (Nokia - IN/Bangalore) <ab...@nokia.com>> wrote:
Hi,

Terms such as Blacklist/Whitelist and master/slave is used at different places in Spark Code. Wanted to know if there are any plans to modify this to more inclusive terminology, for eg: Denylist/Allowlist and Leader/Follower? If so, what is the timeline?

I’ve also created an improvement ticket to track this.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-35952

Thanks and Regards,
Abhishek

Re: Inclusive terminology usage in Spark

Posted by Sean Owen <sr...@gmail.com>.

This was covered and mostly done last year:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-32004
In some instances, it's hard to change the terminology as it would break
user APIs, and the marginal benefit may not be worth it, but, have a look
at the remaining task under that umbrella.

On Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 5:25 AM Rao, Abhishek (Nokia - IN/Bangalore) <
abhishek.rao@nokia.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> Terms such as Blacklist/Whitelist and master/slave is used at different
> places in Spark Code. Wanted to know if there are any plans to modify this
> to more inclusive terminology, for eg: Denylist/Allowlist and
> Leader/Follower? If so, what is the timeline?
>
> I’ve also created an improvement ticket to track this.
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-35952
>
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
>
> Abhishek
>
>
>