On Sat, 2012-06-30 at 19:54 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Joey Hess wrote: > > <http://lists.debian.org/20111204195557.ga11...@gnu.kitenet.net> > > This seemed a good opportunity to expand that into a BoF, so I've > submitted this: https://penta.debconf.org/penta/submission/dc12/event/931 > > classifying and exposing network dependencies > > Does youtube-dl belong in contrib if it depends on Youtube.com to > function? What about xfce4-weather-plugin, with its less obvious > dependency on a hardcoded Weather.com API key? What about flickrbackup, > which obviously relies on a specific web site, but in a way that helps > users avoid being locked into that site?
is this still the case, because if so, I would be happy to switch it over to using weather.gov and/or some other NOAA source directly for US weather. (this is the source for 99.9% of US weather data anyways) > > A first step to resolving these questions is agreeing on package (or > debtags) metadata that exposes network API dependencies, and classifies > them along a spectrum from no dependence on specific servers, through > default servers for open protocols, to dependency on proprietary > services. > The "reimplamentation of the github API" argument you put forward just doesn't pan out. Sure I could re-implement the windows API too, (and Wine does so), but that doesn't mean that free windows software that DOESN'T work with wine could just be put in main willy-nilly. The desert Island test here is certainly the clearest here, if the software requires non-free software in order to be functional it belongs in contrib. -- -Shawn Landden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
