[Remind-Fans] debian upgrade and remind no longer works

[Kurt B. Kaiser]

"David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> 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 :-)

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KBK