[arghwhat]

Well, yes, I read code of (and contribute to) the kernel and web browsers I use, but that's not really relevant.

There's a big difference between "large, structured projects developed by thousands of companies with a clear goal" vs. "humongous shell script by small group that downloads and runs random things from the internet without proper validation".

And my own personal opinion: The venn diagram of "Projects that have trustworthy design and security practices", and "projects that are based on multi-thousand line bash scripts" is two circles, each on their own distinct piece of paper.

(Not trying to be mean to the developers - we all had to build our toolkits from somewhere.)

[freedomben]

Heh, this reminds me a bit of when on live television Contessa Brewer tried to dismiss Mo Brooks with "well do you have an economics degree?" and he actually did and responded with "Yes ma'am I do, highest honors" :-D [1]

I have no problem with (and have written a few) giant bash scripts, and I completely agree with you. A giant bash script isn't going to have many eyes on it, whereas a huge project like the kernel is going to get a ton of scrutiny.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtQyEd-zS4