Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-30 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am Samstag, den 30.06.2012, 02:23 + schrieb shawn: Package: libghc-github-prof Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.2 This entire source package depends on an external, non-free service (github) to be useful, therefore it should be in contrib, not main. this is a valid

Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-30 Thread Joey Hess
I actually disagree with the thesis of this bug report. Suppose that Github went away tomorrow, or was blocked by an oppressive regime, or similar. github-backup would suddenly have its usefullness *validated*. Furthermore, it is very much an undecided issue which web-API-dependant packages

Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-30 Thread Joey Hess
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

Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-30 Thread shawn
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

Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-30 Thread Joey Hess
shawn wrote: 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) http://bugs.debian.org/647749 -- see shy jo signature.asc

Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

2012-06-29 Thread shawn
Package: libghc-github-prof Severity: serious Justification: Policy 2.2.2 This entire source package depends on an external, non-free service (github) to be useful, therefore it should be in contrib, not main. Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable