#BLM and 5.x planned changes

bithavoc commented 3 years ago

Based on the great suggestion posted in #241 by @dsafanyuk we're getting rid of terms such as ~~whitelist~~, ~~blacklist~~, and ~~master~~ and we're introducing these breaking changes in the 5.x series of this module.

The plan is as follows:

Until January 2021 we will maintain two branches of the project: the 4.x series and the 5.x series which gets rid of all the banned terms.

Plan

[x] Added warning in Readme
[ ] Create 4 branch, all new releases of the 4 series will come from this branch.
[ ] Rename internals to get rid of banned terms in variables, functions, and non-exposed types.
[ ] Modify code and test so it merges both the banned configurations and the inclusive configurations as long as we're sure these are backward compatible changes.
[ ] Create 5 branch, get rid of absolutely all the banned terms.
[ ] Release minor release of the 4.x series + first release of the 5.x series August 2020.
[ ] 4.x reaches EOL January 2021

punund commented 3 years ago

If this change gets implemented, my personal blacklist of software will grow by one item.

evilbuck commented 3 years ago

Empty virtue signaling at it's finest. Might want to take a look at real issues before you start making changes to terms that don't have anything to do with race.

bithavoc commented 3 years ago

This is happening, the only reason it hasn't yet is because of lack of time and now I'm considering going typescript and removing the dependency on lodash so we have fewer security issues.

@punund it sounds you have plenty of time to cross out this software from the list. You have my approval :)

@evilbuck this is a free and open-source project, we more than welcome contributions if you really want to make a difference.

Locking this issue until the transition is over.

bithavoc / express-winston

#BLM and 5.x planned changes #247

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