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Agreed, especially since there's a pypi package available.

by nickserv 8y ago

ams6110 8y ago
Why is a pypi package better than a bash script? Or is it the URL shortener that concerns you?
- noja 8y ago
  Because a pypi package can be compared to a source. A piped bash script might change per-client or per-request.
  - placebo 8y ago
    This is the correct way to answer a question. Not sure why the parent question is being downvoted rather than simply being answered. All that does is promote ignorance.
  - lemagedurage 8y ago
    The average person doesn't compare the source, and the average person doesn't read the bash script, for them it's the same thing. For the person who wants to read the source, I'll argue that pressing backspace 6 time to delete "| bash" is _more_ straightforward than looking up the source for a PyPi package. There's only a subtle difference between a PyPi account and a server (script hosted on Github?) being pwned. Though yes, I do believe they shouldn't have used an URL shortener.
e12e 8y ago
And it's a bit weird to announce it as cross-platform (windows support) and not promote a cross-platform setup/install process. And through a third party url shortener of all things?! There's no guarantee what'll come out the other side of a bit.ly link... At least leverage github directly, rather than add another level of indirection ... Looking at the pointer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinstall/master/install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinsta... It doesn't even appear to support os x, installs via pip anyway (as root, unconditionally if you happen to have sudo credentials cached, or allow the script to elevate privileges). This is probably never what you want, with the possible exception of a docker image, chroot/jail or similar. And it really makes little sense to hard-depend on bash/sh for a cross-platform python utility - if pip install is too complicated, it shouldn't be too arduous to provide a sane python script for installation, that does most of this song and dance [and default to a virtual env] on all supported platforms. It's not like it can run without python, anyway...

Agreed, especially since there's a pypi package available.

ams6110 8y ago

Why is a pypi package better than a bash script? Or is it the URL shortener that concerns you?

noja 8y ago
Because a pypi package can be compared to a source. A piped bash script might change per-client or per-request.
- placebo 8y ago
  This is the correct way to answer a question. Not sure why the parent question is being downvoted rather than simply being answered. All that does is promote ignorance.
- lemagedurage 8y ago
  The average person doesn't compare the source, and the average person doesn't read the bash script, for them it's the same thing. For the person who wants to read the source, I'll argue that pressing backspace 6 time to delete "| bash" is _more_ straightforward than looking up the source for a PyPi package. There's only a subtle difference between a PyPi account and a server (script hosted on Github?) being pwned. Though yes, I do believe they shouldn't have used an URL shortener.

e12e 8y ago

And it's a bit weird to announce it as cross-platform (windows support) and not promote a cross-platform setup/install process. And through a third party url shortener of all things?! There's no guarantee what'll come out the other side of a bit.ly link... At least leverage github directly, rather than add another level of indirection ... Looking at the pointer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinstall/master/install.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nicolargo/glancesautoinsta... It doesn't even appear to support os x, installs via pip anyway (as root, unconditionally if you happen to have sudo credentials cached, or allow the script to elevate privileges). This is probably never what you want, with the possible exception of a docker image, chroot/jail or similar. And it really makes little sense to hard-depend on bash/sh for a cross-platform python utility - if pip install is too complicated, it shouldn't be too arduous to provide a sane python script for installation, that does most of this song and dance [and default to a virtual env] on all supported platforms. It's not like it can run without python, anyway...