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Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives

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> >Could you please elaborate what (n)cal miss? "ncal -w" does give you
> >week numbers
> 
> But which ones? American? German? ISO? (Turns out the latter two are

Depends on the locale you use.

> identical.) This is completely underdocumented and doesn’t match
> expectations; even the “week begins with sunday/monday” knobs don’t
> promise anything as the American and ISO ways of counting weeks are
> still distinct.

No idea what you are saying, sorry, please elaborate.

> It also has a different output format from traditional.

As mentioned in my previous email, you can use the -b switch to get
back to traditional format.

> I understand if you find this too bothersome to do in Debian for
> such a (corner?) case, but that is why this is of wishlist severity
> ;)

Na, the problem is understanding what's missing, or wrong. :)

Michael
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Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-08 21:20 +0200
  Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-13 14:50 +0200
    Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-14 13:50 +0200
      Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-14 15:10 +0200
        Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-14 22:30 +0200
          Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-15 12:20 +0200
            Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-15 18:00 +0200
              Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-15 19:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-15 21:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-16 10:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-16 14:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-16 15:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-16 18:00 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org> - 2020-07-17 11:10 +0200
                Bug#964566: ncal: please handle /usr/bin/cal + manpage via alternatives Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-17 16:10 +0200

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