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? 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. -- see shy jo
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