Why do all the sudo? [was Re: Software updater no longer functional]

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 18:43:46 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>You are comparing oranges and bananas.
>
>It's no problem if a user prefers
>
>  sudo -s
>
>or
>
>  sudo -i
>
>or even
>
>  su
>
>but it's also no problem, if a Wiki explains something step by step.
>It is good practice for a documentation, to do it step by step.
>
>A user also might prefer to use command line features, as well as
>combinations of commands, that make daily usage of the command line
>comfortable, but a howto less clear. If I edit a Wiki I don't use
>command line short cuts, neither long lines that make my work-flow more
>pleasant, with lots of pipes and things like this. I even avoid
>bashisms.
>
>I most likely would use
>
>  $ su
>  # apt update && apt install linux{-image,-headers}-4.4.0-21-generic
>
>but writing a Wiki like this
>
>  $ sudo apt update
>  $ sudo apt install linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic
>  $ sudo apt install linux-headers-4.4.0-21-generic
>
>the first is more comfortable, the latter is easier to understand.

A mailing list is something between the real work-flow and a Wiki, it's
quasi some kind of interactive Wiki, so IMO it's possible to mix the
work-flow style with the documentation style.