"David F. Skoll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > david cuthbertson wrote: > >> This never used to require ' .reminders'. Now it does. > > Debian modified its version of Remind to default to .reminders if > no filename was specified. I disagreed with this modification.
/previously/ modified > > Recent versions of Remind assume ~/.reminders if invoked as "rem". > It appears that Debian has decided to follow the upstream behaviour rather > than shipping a modified version of Remind. I urge you *not* to ask Debian > to change back; instead, modify your scripts to invoke "rem" instead of > "remind". I would much prefer Debian's version of Remind to follow upstream > as closely as possible. That is also my approach to packaging. There may be limitations due to Debian policy, but otherwise I like to stay close to upstream. Highly modified packages are really just a fork and can turn into maintenance nightmares. Sometimes upstream will merge changes made by Debian policy, e.g. minor Lintian corrections. I have a couple a patches for you :-) -- KBK _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] http://lists.whatexit.org/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans
