RFR: JDK-8215217: OpenJDK Source Has Too Many Swear Words

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 12/11/2018 01:52 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> 2018/12/11 7:03:57 -0800, adam.farley at uk.ibm.com:
>> I've spotted 12 instances of swear words in OpenJDK source comments, and
>> it seems appropriate to remove them.
>>
>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8215217
> (webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~afarley/8215217/webrev/)
>
>> I've created a webrev and attached to the bug.
>>
>> Also, I've mentioned in the bug that there are additional swears in more
>> excusable locations. It would be good to get the community's take on
>> those.
> It also would be good to discuss the instances that you’ve proposed
> to change in your patch.
>
> I can certainly see removing the f-word, and other words of a sexual
> nature.  Those are clearly inappropriate.
>
> Removing lesser words, and continuing to police their use henceforth,
> strikes me as overkill.
>
> What do other Committers think?
>
> - Mark

The f-bombs in this file are from an upstream library:

src/jdk.javadoc/share/classes/jdk/javadoc/internal/doclets/formats/html/resources/jquery/jszip/dist/jszip.js

Are we committing to removing these words every time we update the library?

-- Jon