On Sat, May 04, 2024 at 04:13:37PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > The example was to show how people could achieve using ncal to get
> > cal, if the
> > ncal package would not ship a cal binary.
>
> Sure, but the only reason for the cal binary as it is, is to have the
> original cal available.
> The example was to show how people could achieve using ncal to get
> cal, if the
> ncal package would not ship a cal binary.
Sure, but the only reason for the cal binary as it is, is to have the
original cal available. All new and extended features are in ncal and
are explicitly deactivated
On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 08:38:27PM +0200, Michael Meskes wrote:
> > I think that ship has sailed already, since e.g. -m in the ncal
> > version
> > specifies the month (a bit superfluously), whereas in the util-linux
> > version it
> > sets the beginning of the week to Monday.
>
> Not sure why
> I think that ship has sailed already, since e.g. -m in the ncal
> version
> specifies the month (a bit superfluously), whereas in the util-linux
> version it
> sets the beginning of the week to Monday.
Not sure why specifying the month is superfluous.
> An alternative I could see would be to
>
> > 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
On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 05:38:46PM +0200, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote:
> > 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
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Hello,
* Jörg Behrmann [240503 16:39]:
> Upstream util-linux provides a cal binary, that is, in my opinion, superior to
> the cal provided by the ncal package, since the output is much more flexible.
[..]
> Unfortunately the command line switches
> are not compatible
Package: util-linux
Version: 2.38.1-5+deb12u1
Severity: wishlist
Upstream util-linux provides a cal binary, that is, in my opinion, superior to
the cal provided by the ncal package, since the output is much more flexible.
With the current cal provided ncal package the switches to configure the
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