#960262 parallel: Manpage recommends resources in non-free platforms (Youtube videos)

Package:
parallel
Source:
parallel
Submitter:
hyiltiz
Date:
2021-12-17 09:15:05 UTC
Severity:
minor
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#960262#5
Date:
2020-05-11 08:36:03 UTC
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A GNU Project software should not really recommend resources in non-free platforms that
require running non-free software (propriatery javascript).
#960262#10
Date:
2020-05-11 18:15:41 UTC
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videos. I guess that there's no solution to this, unless the upstream author
can upload those videos to other platform.

If you don't want to have the proprietary javascript running on your system,
you can download the instructional videos with youtube-dl (which I also
maintain, BTW), which only parses the minimum of javascript to grab the
needed information to download the videos.

I guess that, in the absence of other solutions, this is a non-issue and I'm
considering marking it as wontfix.

Cheers,

Rogério Brito.



P.S.: Funny that you're talking about non-free stuff while you're using
proprietary modules in your kernel. And that your message-id contains the
string iPhone.  Your point about a GNU package still stands, though.
#960262#15
Date:
2020-05-12 17:34:47 UTC
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Thanks for the prompt response. youtube-dl could be a workaround. I'll try
to get in touch with upstream author and explore alternatives then. Thanks!
#960262#20
Date:
2021-12-17 09:13:14 UTC
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