Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:02:14 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert@cschubert.com> Cc: 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: <20201026030214.GC19841@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <202010260137.09Q1bYKB004543@slippy.cwsent.com> References: <202010251146.09PBknxk016101@repo.freebsd.org> <202010251435.09PEZ2i1004175@slippy.cwsent.com> <20201026012126.GB19841@eureka.lemis.com> <202010260137.09Q1bYKB004543@slippy.cwsent.com>
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--Md/poaVZ8hnGTzuv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday, 25 October 2020 at 18:37:34 -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > In message <20201026012126.GB19841@eureka.lemis.com>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" > wri > tes: >>> 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. The machine I have access to, running Debian Testing, has it apparently as a standard installation. Nobody on the system had asked for it. But yes, I was surprised, too. > IMO it's usefulness is questionable, especially with the multitude > of tools that already do the same thing. There is? I haven't found anything similar. That was one of the things we discussed on arch@, but we came up empty-handed. If you could come up with links, that would be very useful. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA --Md/poaVZ8hnGTzuv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAl+WPDYACgkQIubykFB6QiOaYgCgiM36sxa3UQWuTIxHLhbJSgNj aFUAn1MfYhkWTBk2rLrxKpVz2LlVye9q =JYao -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Md/poaVZ8hnGTzuv--
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