Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2020 18:37:34 -0700 From: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com>, Stefan =?iso-8859-1?Q?E=DFer?= <se@FreeBSD.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, svn-ports-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r553259 - in head/deskutils/calendar: . files Message-ID: <202010260137.09Q1bYKB004543@slippy.cwsent.com> In-Reply-To: <20201026012126.GB19841@eureka.lemis.com> References: <202010251146.09PBknxk016101@repo.freebsd.org> <202010251435.09PEZ2i1004175@slippy.cwsent.com> <20201026012126.GB19841@eureka.lemis.com>
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In message <20201026012126.GB19841@eureka.lemis.com>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" wri tes: > > > --U+BazGySraz5kW0T > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Disposition: inline > > On Sunday, 25 October 2020 at 7:35:02 -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > > In message <202010251146.09PBknxk016101@repo.freebsd.org>, =?UTF-8?Q?Stefan > _E=c3=9fer?= writes: > >> > >> Log: > >> Port of the FreeBSD calendar program from -CURRENT > >> > >> This version of the calendar program includes data file locations > >> populated by the calendar-data port in the search path. > > ... > > Anticipating the next step: removal of calendar from base, entirely. > > It's a bit late for that. We discussed this at length (too much > length for some people) on arch@, and we came to the agreement that > the base calendar(1) is a Good Thing, and only the data files needed > to go somewhere where they can be shared amongst projects. > > FWIW, *all* OSs that I've seen, with the possible exception of > Microsoft, have calendar(1). It serves a useful purpose. What's your > problem with it? The Linux distros I know of don't provide it, even as an optional RPM. IMO it's usefulness is questionable, especially with the multitude of tools that already do the same thing. Having said this, my objection is a weak objection and I'm not willing to die on that hill. -- 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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