Re: [NonGNU] new: hermes

> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 20:57:12 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
> 
> On 2026-08-10 14:38, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 13:50:33 +0300
> >> From: Jean Louis <[email protected]>
> >> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
> >> 
> >> On 2026-08-10 13:46, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >> 
> >> >    ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
> >> >    │             ⚕ Hermes Agent Setup Wizard                 │
> >> >    ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
> >> >    │  Let's configure your Hermes Agent installation.        │
> >> >    │  Press Ctrl+C at any time to exit.                      │
> >> >    └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
> >> >
> >> > This shows that the Ctrl+C bail-out is pretty much into the user's
> >> > face...
> >> 
> >> it says to press Ctrl+C to exit.
> >> 
> >> It doesn't say press Ctrl+C to skip the Nous Portal registration.
> > 
> > It should skip what is described as "Hermes Agent Setup Wizard".  And
> > you yourself said that it does, in fact, skip the registration.  So
> > where's the problem?
> > 
> >> We all know pretty much what Ctrl+C is supposed to do in terminal. Do
> >> we?
> > 
> > Do we?  You just claimed that users don't, or so it sounded.
> 
> Eli, that is misrepresentation.

Which part?

> The software install process for Hermes says to users:
> 
> Press Ctrl+C at any time to exit.                      │
> 
> It doesn't say to users "Press Ctrl+C to avoid registration at our SaaS 
> LLM"

Yes, it does:

              Hermes Agent Setup Wizard
   Let's configure your Hermes Agent installation.
   Press Ctrl+C at any time to exit.

This says that Ctrl+C will exit the setup wizard, which configures
Hermes.

So it sounds like you are splitting hair here.