[Pkg-haskell-maintainers] Bug#679596: libghc-github-prof: Should be in contrib

[Joey Hess]

Joey Hess wrote:
> <http://lists.debian.org/20111204195557.GA11437@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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