On 2017-09-16 16:54:38, Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 12:35:53PM -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
>> Monkeysign is the project as a whole, and it has both a commandline
>> interface and graphical interface.
>
> I see. That's a rather unfortunate naming decision, but at least I get it now.
> (Using one name for two things is seldom a good idea…)
>
>> So it is assumed primates can use one or the other at least.
>
> btw, this is also slightly insulting: if one doesnt understand monkeysign one
> is more stupid than a monkey. I'm not so sure I want to give this software
> to people learning GPG or having trouble with it…
I think you are being insulting to primates, personally. :p
Besides, humans *are* primates... Keep in mind that "monkeysign" is
named after "monkeysphere" which has a whole narrative around social
studies of actual monkeys and they way they interact, and what that
implies on human social relations as well.
>> there's an issue open to merge the two binaries. [...]
>
> I think than it's better to wait for this and then fix the description, should
> be much easier at that time!
well, it's a hard fix to make at the software level :p
>> keep in mind the description includes the goals of the project, which
>> may or may not be completed...
>
> ah. Probably better to remove them from ethe description then, or clearly
> mark them as (uncompleted) goals.
again, i'd welcome an actual patch here...
thanks
a.
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