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If it is a new tool, why not call it something else than sudo? The expectation with sudo is silent passwords.
by snvzz 7mo ago
If it is a new tool, why not call it something else than sudo?
The expectation with sudo is silent passwords.
- antisol 7mo agoBecause if you name it something different it's harder to do the "extinguish" step of "embrace, extend, extinguish".
- weedhopper 7mo agoMust’ve been hard not to name it rusdo because Rust has to come first (before any logic).
- post-it 7mo agoThe expectation with sudo is that it escalates the privilege of the command I want to run. They don't rename Ubuntu every time they tweak the UI.
- ziml77 7mo agoDo you also complain about GNU coreutils divergences from the original Unix utilities despite having the same names?