On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 4:43 AM, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> wrote:
> What’s the motivation for removing it? > It's old, of dubious functionality, and full of bugs. There are alternatives that do a much better job. So should we fix it, or remove it and get anyone who needs something like this to use a better tool instead? > The program isn’t NIS specific, although it is NIS aware (doing ypcat and > merging that with the password file), and it should function “reasonably” > well in most environments. (I don’t think it will work in a NIS+ > environment, but who cares about that.) > Or ldap or AD; although the very concept of trawling through your entire nameservice looking for users to spame seems rather flawed IMO. > I don’t use this thing, but reading the man page it looks like it does > still have some useful purpose. > > I can’t see that keeping this around carries any particular baggage, nor > do I see where removing it is likely to facilitate other work or reduce > some sustaining burden elsewhere. Am I mistaken? > Ultimately, it boils down to what your vision for illumos is. Are we trying to be an exemplar, a project characterized by superior standards and engineering excellence? Or are we a museum full of mouldy old curiosities, where we take our grandchildren to show them how bad life was when we were young? (And yes, the irony of this removal coming from me, possibly the most retro distributor around, has been pointed out to me.) > On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 4:46 AM, Peter Tribble <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Before I submit this for integration, is anyone actually using >> the /usr/bin/calendar utility? >> >> (Note, this isn't the "cal" command; /usr/bin/calendar is a >> completely different animal.) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Peter Tribble <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 8:33 PM >> Subject: Review request: 7948 Remove old calendar utility >> To: illumos-dev <[email protected]> >> >> >> Please review: >> >> Issue: https://illumos.org/issues/7948 >> Webrev: http://pkgs.tribblix.org/webrevs/7948/ >> >> A couple of alternatives for distros (and individuals) that might >> want a replacement are mentioned in the bug report. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> -Peter Tribble >> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ >> >> >> >> -- >> -Peter Tribble >> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ >> > > *illumos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175722-010faa19> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
