Source packages appropriate by default?

J Fernyhough j.fernyhough at gmail.com
Tue May 21 14:04:20 UTC 2013


On 21 May 2013 13:55, Robie Basak <robie.basak at canonical.com> wrote:
> What if we provided a reasonable message if no deb-src lines are
> defined, with a single simple command to add them and run "apt-get
> update" for you?

I don't think it would even need that - software-properties (Software
& Updates) already has the necessary checkbox. All that is needed to
enable sources is to tick that box.

> From a technical point of view, does mirroring the deb lines into
> deb-src lines work in all cases? Would doing so break anything?

This is effectively what Software Sources does under-the-hood.

I have to agree, if the amount being downloaded is not trivial (which
I thought it was) then there's no need to have them enabled by default
when it's very easy to turn them on. One of the first things I do on
any new install is disable those that aren't needed.

Jonathon

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