On 23 July 2013 16:24, Andreas Moog <andreas.moog@warperbbs.de> wrote:
> On 23.07.2013 09:12, Robie Basak wrote:
> [...]
>> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
>> E: Type "add-apt-repository sources" to do this automatically for you.
>> $ sudo add-apt-repository sources
>> deb-src lines have been added to your sources.list.
>> Now type "apt-get update", and then "apt-get source ..." will work.
>> $ sudo apt-get update
>> (...)
>> $ sudo apt-get source hello
>> (works)
>>
>> To do this, we'd need to patch apt to add the second error line, and
>> implement "sources" to add-apt-repository.
>
> andreas@j3515:~$ sudo add-apt-repository
> The program 'add-apt-repository' is currently not installed. You can
> install it by typing:
> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
> andreas@j3515:~$
>
> add-apt-repository is not available on all Ubuntu systems by default.
add-apt-repository is installed by default on desktop installs. On
non-desktop seeds, it is still available, just not installed.
> The current solution is easy and is available on virtually all
> installations, without the need to manually install anything. Providing
> easy access to the source is essential for a open source distribution.
You're focussing on Ubuntu as a complete solution and not a platform
or enabler in stating that easy access to source is essential. Do you
agree that >99% of users don't care about source? For those who do,
it's easy to find and tweak sources button in the software sources
applet, no?
From deploying in the real world (eg countries without domestic
mirrors or with radio links), reducing bandwidth requirements of
updates makes a important difference.
Daniel
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