[Bug 1914555] [NEW] cal should report today

[Gon Solo]

Public bug reported:

I know about "ncal -b" and I know how to create an alias but I think a
plain "cal" should highlight today too *especially* if the man page only
gives an option for turning off highlighting of today (which doesn't
work because cal is a symlink to ncal).

The whole "cal is a symlink to ncal" thing is confusing but at least cal
should highlight today without an option.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: ncal 12.1.7
Uname: Linux 5.11.0-051100rc5-lowlatency x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu Feb  4 09:06:25 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-04 (1036 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bsdmainutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-23 (103 days ago)

** Affects: bsdmainutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug groovy wayland-session

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Title:
  cal should report today

Status in bsdmainutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I know about "ncal -b" and I know how to create an alias but I think a
  plain "cal" should highlight today too *especially* if the man page
  only gives an option for turning off highlighting of today (which
  doesn't work because cal is a symlink to ncal).

  The whole "cal is a symlink to ncal" thing is confusing but at least
  cal should highlight today without an option.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ncal 12.1.7
  Uname: Linux 5.11.0-051100rc5-lowlatency x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Thu Feb  4 09:06:25 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-04 (1036 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20180105.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: bsdmainutils
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-10-23 (103 days ago)

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