Source packages appropriate by default?

Dale Amon amon at vnl.com
Tue May 21 16:16:09 UTC 2013


On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 06:02:36PM +0800, Daniel J Blueman wrote:
> I propose we either disable source downloading by default at release
> time, but I conclude that developers generally don't care about this
> extra overhead (as we have a good setup).
> 
> If really we can't see this from a user PoV, I'm happy to start a user
> discussion and see how users feel...?

Source is an educational tool. 
Learning command line is a lesson in taking control of your own computer.
Kids explore.

Make sure J Random's computer is full of things to intrigue and
lead a 13 year old to the power of the source.






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