On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:25:18 -0500, JC (Jon) wrote:
> On Monday, August 29, 2011, 7:54:10 AM, 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?
>
> Why does it matter to you? Why make this change, which will
> at best inconvenience that very small minority of Feedora users.?
>
> If it is maintained, and works then it should stay.
+1. I don't use vim or rythmbox or play tremulous, and their presence
doesn't hurt me or my mirror. :)
$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/ddate
util-linux-2.19.1-1.4.fc15.x86_64
As such it is part of every installation. It could be optional instead.
$ man ddate
[...]
|NOTE
| After `X-Day' passed without incident, the Church of the SubGenius
| declared that it had got the year upside down - X-Day is actually in
| 8661 AD rather than 1998 AD. Thus, the True X-Day is Cfn 40, 9827.
[...]
Strange humor to install something like that in a util-linux package.