Bug#683934: ITP: publicsuffix -- An accurate, machine-parseable list of domain name suffixes

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>

* Package name    : publicsuffix
  Version         : 20120704
  Upstream Author : Public Suffix Maintainers <contact@publicsuffix.org>
* URL             : http://publicsuffix.org/
* License         : MPL-2
  Programming Lang: data
  Description     : An accurate, machine-readable list of domain name suffixes

This package provides a machine-readable list of domain name suffixes
that accept public registration.  Each suffix represents the part of a
domain name which is not under the control of the individual
registrant, which makes the list useful for grouping cookies, deciding
same-origin policies, collating spam, and other activities.


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Having this list maintained directly in debian will make it easier for
debian packages to reliably refer to public suffixes; it is similar in
nature to the tzdata and geoip-database.