Source packages appropriate by default?

[Benjamin Kerensa]

On May 20, 2013 8:10 AM, "Daniel J Blueman" <daniel at quora.org> wrote:
>
> When installing Ubuntu, I always see the source packages enabled by
default.
>
> For all the general users I install Ubuntu for (including servers),
> it's an utter waste of bandwidth for everyone, particularly when
> automatically checking once a day. This is amplified eg in schools
> without transparent webcaches etc.
>
> Anyone get the same feeling that we should have source packages an opt-in?
>

I think in most parts of the world 4MB is trivial overhead for a user.
Although perhaps we should consider it since some developing nations have
limited bandwidth?

After all a primary reason we still ship DVD's is due to bandwidth.
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