чт, 12 сент. 2019 г. в 20:30, Sam Hartman <hartm...@debian.org>: > Subject: Free Software Needs Free Tools > > No Debian contributor should be expected or encouraged, when working > to improve Debian, to use non-free tools. This includes proprietary > web services. We will ensure this, insofar as it is within Debian's > collective control. > > For example, Vcs-Git fields in source packages must not refer to > proprietary git code management systems. Non-Debian services are > acceptable here so long as they are principally Free Software.
I'd say strict NO to this proposal. While our goal is to enhance free software and to encourage its usage, we should not limit our developers' freedom to use any tool they would like. > We encourage all our upstreams to use Free/Libre tools. > > We recognise that metadata in Debian which describes the behaviour > of those outside our community, for example fields which refer to > upstream source management systems, may (in order to be accurate) > still need to refer to proprietary systems. > -- With best wishes Dmitry
