KIP-629 — Use racially neutral terms in our codebase
Accepted Kafka 2.7 Admin
Replaces racially charged terminology (`blacklist`/`whitelist`) throughout the Kafka codebase and configuration with neutral alternatives (`block`/`allow` or `deny`/`permit`). Several broker and Connect configurations (e.g., `metric.reporters`, topic creation allowlists) used these terms, which are now renamed with backward-compatible aliases.
Details
| Author | Xavier Léauté |
| Status | Accepted |
| Kafka Version | 2.7 |
| JIRA | KAFKA-10201 |
| Wiki | View on Apache Wiki |
| Created | 2020-06-19 |
| Last Modified | 2020-09-29 |
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