[jira] [Created] (FLINK-18209) Replace "charged" words in the Flink codebase.

[Shang Yuanchun (Jira)]

Marta Paes Moreira created FLINK-18209:
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             Summary: Replace "charged" words in the Flink codebase.
                 Key: FLINK-18209
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-18209
             Project: Flink
          Issue Type: Task
            Reporter: Marta Paes Moreira


The Flink codebase still makes use of "charged" words that are considered outdated and have a negative connotation. In particular, this is the number of occurrences of such words:


"Slave": 229
 
"Whitelist": 23
 
"Blacklist": 28
 
I'd like to propose that we [rethink the use of these words|[https://lethargy.org/~jesus/writes/a-guide-to-nomenclature-selection/]] and consider existing alternatives that other open source projects are also adopting. Replacing all occurrences is non-trivial in many cases and may involve breaking-changes, though, so one idea would be to break this effort down into different phases that can be tackled over time, depending on the impact of the required changes.



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