Dear fellow Debian developers, Am I alone in finding it wrong to promote commercial services in long descriptions of packages n Debian main? Quoting Faidon Liambotis (2017-08-04 13:57:10) > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 03:53:13PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > Long description includes a paragraph starting with the following: > > > > > Cert Spotter is also available as a hosted service by SSLMate that > > > requires zero setup [...] > > > > That paragraph is irrelevant for this package - please drop it. [...] > At worst, this is "irrelevant" as you put it, No, at worst this is misuse of Debian ressources for commercial gain - i.e. using long description field for advertising a non-free service. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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