If it is a new tool, why not call it something else than sudo?

The expectation with sudo is silent passwords.

ziml77 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you also complain about GNU coreutils divergences from the original Unix utilities despite having the same names?

post-it 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The 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.

antisol 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Because if you name it something different it's harder to do the "extinguish" step of "embrace, extend, extinguish".

	▲	weedhopper 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Must’ve been hard not to name it rusdo because Rust has to come first (before any logic).