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| From | Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.project |
| Subject | Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service |
| Date | 2017-08-08 17:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <uce9c-1st-25@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <ubUWR-3Xj-21@gated-at.bofh.it> <ubVpT-492-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
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
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Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service Shengjing Zhu <i@zhsj.me> - 2017-08-07 20:30 +0200
Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service "Dr. Bas Wijnen" <wijnen@debian.org> - 2017-08-07 21:00 +0200
Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2017-08-08 17:00 +0200
Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service "Dr. Bas Wijnen" <wijnen@debian.org> - 2017-08-09 22:00 +0200
Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service Vincent Bernat <bernat@debian.org> - 2017-08-09 22:30 +0200
Re: Bug#856139: certspotter: long description advertises commercial service Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2017-08-09 23:20 +0200
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