[HEADS UP] remove ddate(1) command from rawhide

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 08:32:01 -0500, JC (Jon) wrote:

> 
> > On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:42:18 +0300, KL (Kalev) wrote:
> >
> >> On 08/29/2011 02:54 PM, Karel Zak wrote:
> >> >
> >> >  I'd like to remove:
> >> >
> >> >     ddate - converts Gregorian dates to Discordian dates
> >> >
> >> >  command from rawhide (F17). IMHO this crazy command is used by very
> >> >  very small minority of Fedora users.
> >> >
> >> >  Comments?
> >>
> >> Please do. This isn't really something that should be dragged in for
> >> every single Fedora installation as part of the util-linux package. If
> >> someone actually misses the command, it can always be resurrected later
> >> in a subpackage.
> >
> > Someone? A single Discordian follower already, for example? Perhaps that
> > person will volunteers as the maintainer of a separate package then?
> > Or wait, if it's just one, why include it in the distribution?
> >
> > Based on
> >
> >   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism
> >   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism#Discordian_calendar
> >   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_SubGenius
> >
> > the ddate command and its manual's level of relationship to a religion (or
> > a joke religion) enters a grey area with regard to the packaging policies:
> >
> > | Some examples of content which are not permissable:
> > |
> > |   Comic book art files
> > |   Religious texts
> > | ...
> >
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#Code_Vs_Content
> 
> The Julian and Gregorian calendars are also of religious origin.

Apples and oranges.

Do you find anything like in the "SEE ALSO" section of "man ddate" also
in "man date"?