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

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On 08/29/2011 05:00 PM, Karel Zak wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 08:47:40AM -0500, Jon Ciesla wrote:
>> That may be (both are human constructs, it's like say "hey, that's made up
>> word!", but no, I don't.  My point is simply that while it is extremely
>> silly code, it is in fact code provided by upstream.  It's still
>> maintained, is of a valid license, and I don't see a valid reason to break
>> with upstream here.  If you can convince upstream to split it out or drop
>> it, great.
>
>   That's simple, I'm upstream maintainer. The command has been disabled
>   by default in the last stable release. And yes, one I day I'll drop it...
>
>> If not, and there isn't a compelling disk space or security
>> argument, I really don't see why this should be dropped.  I'm looking for
>> a clear example of demonstrable harm.  It's 14k of silliness, not a
>> rootkit.
>
>   - it's joke rather than anything useful
Then have upstream remove it from _their_ sources.

Ralf
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