> > > Unfortunately the command line switches > > are not compatible and util-linux cal cannot display the date of > > Easter, so it > > is not drop-in compatible. It would nevertheless be great if e.g. > > an > > alternatives selection for util-linux cal could be provided.
The question is does it offer all the other features? Or would we be better of switching to something like gcal instead? > I'm somewhat open to shipping util-linux's cal, but not if that > involves update-alternatives. Agreed. > Could you maybe work with upstream, so that util-linux's cal becomes > a drop-in replacement, and can work as both cal and ncal? > > Also, quite obviously is this something we want to do as Debian? > Michael, as the maintainer of the current ncal package, what is your > opinion here? I wouldn't mind getting rid of the old bsd code base. The package is heavily patched, which makes maintaining it a lot of work. I would not like to lose too many features, though. The main reason for keeping cal, however, namely having a version fully output compatible to the original one, might not be that valid anymore. After all it's 2024 already. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael at Fam-Meskes dot De Michael at Meskes dot (De|Com|Net|Org) Meskes at (Debian|Postgresql) dot Org
