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Note that it’s no longer there. > The developer of the man-db, Colin Watson, decided that there was enough fun and the story won't get forgotten and removed th

by thih9 2y ago

Note that it’s no longer there. > The developer of the man-db, Colin Watson, decided that there was enough fun and the story won't get forgotten and removed the easter egg completely. https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/man-db.git/commit/?id=b225d9e76fbb0a6a4539c0992fba88c83f0bd37e https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/man-db.git/commit/?id=b225...

m463 2y ago
I just tried it on an old raspberry pi and it is there. (based on debian 9 stretch)
- blahyawnblah 2y ago
  You can't really expect that old of a version of Debian to be up to date
- thih9 2y ago
  This can be your reason to update to a non-EOL system.
  - m463 2y ago
    or the humorous reason not to bother. :) (lol, this is not a mission critical, internet connected system)
    - thih9 2y ago
      Looks like you're fine with not getting updates, you get to enjoy the easter egg then.
cyptus 2y ago
at a discussion about this issue i read a comment which i cant find right now but was very beautiful. It was saying that we should keep easter eggs like this, because in the end this is what differs us humans from machines.
- Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  Which is valid. But it's also valid that certain systems should work consistently and reliably. I mean in this case it seems mostly harmless, but in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. No internet either. I'm all for easter eggs (and haven't added one in forever, maybe unit test test strings), but they shouldn't interfere with regular operation. This particular one could've been updated to only trigger for a certain command, for example.
  - thih9 2y ago
    > in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. No internet either. I thought the easter egg only occurs when man is called without arguments.
  - itsoktocry 2y ago
    >but in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. What obligation does a developer/maintainer have in this situation? If the hospital is using free/open source code, it's on them to understand how it works and how to fix it.
  - chgs 2y ago
    this ain’t the movies bruv
  - bongodongobob 2y ago
    Then fork it and maintain it yourself, that's the beauty.
  - deleted 2y ago
    [deleted]
- School-Cotton 2y ago
  I’m sure I’m a human and not a machine. I even enjoy art and humor. But I think Easter eggs are cringey and not funny in the vast majority of cases. It’s just a difference in personality. Claiming that liking Easter eggs is the essence of humanity is a pretty extreme exaggeration.

by thih9 2y ago

m463 2y ago

I just tried it on an old raspberry pi and it is there. (based on debian 9 stretch)

blahyawnblah 2y ago
You can't really expect that old of a version of Debian to be up to date
thih9 2y ago
This can be your reason to update to a non-EOL system.
- m463 2y ago
  or the humorous reason not to bother. :) (lol, this is not a mission critical, internet connected system)
  - thih9 2y ago
    Looks like you're fine with not getting updates, you get to enjoy the easter egg then.

cyptus 2y ago

at a discussion about this issue i read a comment which i cant find right now but was very beautiful. It was saying that we should keep easter eggs like this, because in the end this is what differs us humans from machines.

Cthulhu_ 2y ago
Which is valid. But it's also valid that certain systems should work consistently and reliably. I mean in this case it seems mostly harmless, but in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. No internet either. I'm all for easter eggs (and haven't added one in forever, maybe unit test test strings), but they shouldn't interfere with regular operation. This particular one could've been updated to only trigger for a certain command, for example.
- thih9 2y ago
  > in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. No internet either. I thought the easter egg only occurs when man is called without arguments.
- itsoktocry 2y ago
  >but in a hypothetical scenario a hacker needs to fix the production system of a hospital after a major disaster but needs to look up the docs for a command aaand... "gimme gimme gimme" shows up. What obligation does a developer/maintainer have in this situation? If the hospital is using free/open source code, it's on them to understand how it works and how to fix it.
- chgs 2y ago
  this ain’t the movies bruv
- bongodongobob 2y ago
  Then fork it and maintain it yourself, that's the beauty.
- deleted 2y ago
  [deleted]
School-Cotton 2y ago
I’m sure I’m a human and not a machine. I even enjoy art and humor. But I think Easter eggs are cringey and not funny in the vast majority of cases. It’s just a difference in personality. Claiming that liking Easter eggs is the essence of humanity is a pretty extreme exaggeration.