Source packages appropriate by default?

[Jordon Bedwell]

On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> Apt will error out that it can't find the package.
>
> I think that if we are distributing binaries, we should (perhaps must, I'm not
> sure) enable the source repositories in order to , as a free software
> distribution, provide the source that goes with the binaries we distribute.

Required to make them available, but that doesn't mean they have to be
enabled inside of apt and all the source packages are readily
available via packages.ubuntu.com which means you are already
complying with the GPL by making them readily available.  Even with
that said I'm inclined to disagree with disabling them, 4MB is trivial
now days.

I'm more surprised that people are more upset about 4MB than the 5%
that is still claimed by the system for the system which adds up to a
lot more than 4MB on some systems which on a even a small 32GB SSD is
what, 1.5GB?