Github provides a reference implementation: https://github.com/github/lfs-test-server <https://github.com/github/lfs-test-server>
I believe that qualifies it to go in main. In addition the API is open source. > On Jul 10, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Asheesh Laroia <ashe...@asheesh.org> wrote: > > Hi Stephen! I'm excited to see this land in Debian. > > I'm curious if you know if there a free software backend that is compatible > with the git-lfs protocol. If so, that'd be great to see in Debian as well > one day. > > If not, if I understand Policy correctly, you would need to take care to set > the package's section to "contrib". See > https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html > <https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html> for more > information. > > (As I understand policy, if there *is* a git-lfs compatible backend that is > free software, it's fine to have git-lfs in main, even if that backend isn't > currently available in Debian.) > > Again, nice to see your enthusiasm, and I hope you can find a sponsor for > this package.
