pastebinit default target on Ubuntu

[Robie Basak]

Hi,

Prior to Noble, the pastebinit command defaulted to paste.ubuntu.com. In
Noble, this has changed to dpaste.com due to an upstream change[1].

What do Ubuntu developers think the default should be? If it should
remain paste.ubuntu.com, we can ask upstream to change it back, or add a
delta for now.

Reason to keep it dpaste.com:

People have complained that the login requirement makes it unusable for
helping Ubuntu users at large who don't necessarily have an Ubuntu SSO
account.

Reason to keep it paste.ubuntu.com:

I'm not keen on relying on third party services when not necessary,
especially ad-supported ones. I have no reason to distrust the current
operator, but in general, these things tend to go wrong sooner or later.

There was more discussion on IRC[2].

[1] https://github.com/pastebinit/pastebinit/commit/5c668fb3ed9b4a103eb22b16e603050a539951e0
[2] https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2024/04/15/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t14:17
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