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REQUEST: Replace/Remove the terms "slave/master" and "blacklist/whitelist"

Functionality

Replace/Remove all references to racially-charged jargon for neutral and inclusive terminology.

OpenFOAM should join the contemporary efforts of various tech companies and open-source projects in this regard, such as (the most recent) Linux (kernel), GitHub, RedHat, Android etc.

Proposed alternatives:

For master/slave:

primary/secondary
main/replica or subordinate
initiator/target
requester/responder
controller/device
host/worker or proxy
leader/follower
director/performer

For blacklist/whitelist:

denylist/allowlist
blocklist/passlist
Edited by Kutalmış Berçin