On Mon, 07 Aug 2017, Dr. Bas Wijnen wrote: > Ah, that's good then! Still, I think its description has the same > problem as certspotter, namely that it recommends the use of a > non-free service. In Debian, I would prefer to see a recommendation > for the free alternative, while the non-free alternative may be > mentioned (or not, depending on what users need).
An important counterpoint is that the long description helps with the discoverability of a package. Mentioning a famous non-free service helps users discover the package and also notice that there are free alternatives. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com A kiss was mysterious and powerful, fragile and invincible. Like any spark, a kiss might fizzle into nothing or consume an entire forest. [...] A kiss could change the entire world. -- Scott Westerfeld _The Killing of Worlds_ p336