On 14/03/2020 21:38, Conrad Meyer wrote:
On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 5:49 PM Pedro F. Giffuni <p...@freebsd.org> wrote:
Author: pfg
Date: Sun Mar 15 00:49:06 2020
New Revision: 359005
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/359005
Log:
calendar(1): Updates and corrections for some calendar files.
These have an educational value and are, no doubt, an integral part of the
fun
behind running the BSDs.
Hmm. I don't believe calendar(1) has education value (or to the
extent it has quantifiable value, N <= 0). Nor does it have more
subjective "fun" value. It certainly isn't integral to the system.
Some cultures despise the value of history and things like education and
maps and degenerate accordingly [1]: this tool helps by hinting
curiosity. Of course if the database is not populated or people don't
use calendar(1) it won't be effective at all.
It's a toy of a certain era that has aged poorly.
Some quite long lasting institutions like the Roman Catholic Church,
which will likely outlive me and you, use it extensively:
http://www.romcal.net/output/2020.htm
It belongs with other fun and non-integral components, like
sopwith(6), in ports.
Ultimately that's one of the reasons why there is interest in a packaged
base. There are plenty of tools in base that people don't commonly use;
we have to find consensus instead of imposing our own limited views.
Pedro.
[1] https://youtu.be/lj3iNxZ8Dww
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