Quoting TANIGUCHI Takaki (2013-01-06 06:26:21) > >>>>> On Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:24:00 +0100 > >>>>> d...@jones.dk(Jonas Smedegaard) said: > > > Question is not if the service is public, but whether the tool which > > is shipped with Debian is usable only in cencert with something not > > DFSG-free. > > > > Is gitignore-boilerplates usable only with Github, then I believe > > gitignore-boilerplates should be in contrib (not in main). > > The boilerplate files is under DFSG-free license. And if the github > repository is closed, we can host git repository on other location.
That is a different acceptable approach: When that is done the package makes sense to be in main, until then I believe it belongs in contrib. > > I do believe that tools usable _only_ with Twitter (not also e.g. a > > Twitter-compatible interface at Identi.ca) belongs in contrib, not > > main. > > Twitter is only a example. There are several pacakges which depend on > private company services. If you think it is a problem, you should > also claim to remove several packages which depend on Google API. Yes, I should report every bug that I come across. But I believe this is what's called an ad hominem attack: You are arguing what I should do elsewhere. That is not what we are discussing here. Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because Debian contains other bugs does not mean this is not a bug, or that this bug should not be treated as a bug. > > Independent(!) from the question of main versus contrib, my original > > point was (and still is) that I believe it would make a better > > experience for Debian users if gitignore-boilerplates as shipped > > with Debian could be made to not only do fetch-via-git-then-cache, > > but additionally (and, in my opinion, preferrably) do > > read-from-filesystem - and the package ship snapshots of the > > boilerplates offered upstream. > > Whether upstream author agree or not, I can ship the package with > snapshot files. Because these are free. But I don't think it is > needed unless there is a cleary policy-violation. Yes, this point is (in itself) only a suggestion, not a "need". - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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