Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 16:00:30 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd-rwg@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> Subject: Re: Refactoring calendar(1) (was: svn commit: r365984 - head/usr.bin/calendar/calendars) Message-ID: <202009242300.08ON0U2m038452@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <20200924224524.GB53226@eureka.lemis.com> References: <202009241555.08OFtjKx047062@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> <202009242135.08OLZAkQ036749@slippy.cwsent.com> <20200924224524.GB53226@eureka.lemis.com>
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In message <20200924224524.GB53226@eureka.lemis.com>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wri tes: > > > --xXmbgvnjoT4axfJE > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Thursday, 24 September 2020 at 14:35:10 -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > > In message <202009241555.08OFtjKx047062@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>, "Rodney W. > > Grimes" > > writes: > >> -- Start of PGP signed section. > >>> [Trimmed] > >>> > >>> People, please adjust your posts. It's hard fighting your way through > >>> a lot of expired verbiage. > > Thanks for the trimming. > > >>> While I have your attention, does anybody think that the -a option of > >>> calendar(1) is worth keeping? It goes through *all* calendar files on > >>> a system and mails them to the owner. It has the interesting side > >>> effect (we wouldn't want to call it a bug) that root gets three copies > >>> (one each for root, toor and daemon). I can't see anything useful > >>> there that a per-user cron job can't do. > >> > >> What the per-user cron job does is create a larger workload for > >> systems that are expecting all users to be running calendar, as > >> possible in an acedemic system which each student has a login. > > > > Have it use libxo might be a good exercise for someone wanting to get back > > into it after a while, or a student. > > How would that address the issue? Adding libxo will allow it to be used for some kitschy website. That coupled with a port generating a file, a person may have something. -- Cheers, Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> FreeBSD UNIX: <cy@FreeBSD.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org NTP: <cy@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.
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