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

Andrew Dinn adinn at redhat.com
Wed Dec 12 10:55:33 UTC 2018


On 11/12/2018 21:52, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
> 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?
I agree that strikes a better balance. I believe Stuart Marks (adjacent)
post makes a good, clear case as to why and appropriately corrects the
originally proposed solution.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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