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cesaref ◴[] No.40214754[source]
Let's assume for a moment that it is lower risk than sudo (which is the problem is it addressing), why isn't it also called 'sudo', designed to behave the same as the thing it is replacing, so that anyone (and any scripts) that currently use sudo can carry on and be oblivious to the security benefits this new implementation offers?

I'd instead like to see a post saying something like 'on systemd based systems, a more secure implementation of sudo is provided', and all the clever whatever it is happens behind the scenes, and frankly i'll never need to know about it.

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1. agilob ◴[] No.40214805[source]
Because there already is jq-go and jq-python. One of them is called jq in linux the other is called jq in MacOS. They are not compatible and you find out you're using the other one after 6 hours of screaming at the computer.