Source packages appropriate by default?

[Benjamin Drung]

Am Mittwoch, den 22.05.2013, 10:11 +0100 schrieb Robie Basak:
> Another idea about mechanism:
> 
> It seems to me that "apt-get update" does two logical tasks which serve
> two different use cases for many users, one of which is rare and
> often unnecessary.
> 
> How about an apt configuration option that, when enabled (default: off),
> disables source index downloads when "apt-get update" is not used with
> an additional argument like "apt-get --include-source update"? Or just
> "apt-get update-sources"?
> 
> A subsequent "apt-get source" could then warn you, in the error message
> that no sources are defined, that the configuration option to disable
> source index downloads is set, and the correct command to override it.
> 
> Caveat 1: users who want to enable sources all the time would then need
> to edit (and know to edit) /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10sources or something.
> 
> Caveat 2: what other tools need to modified to honour this? Is it too
> onerous to patch them all?
> 
> Just a thought. Removing or manipulating deb-src lines does seem
> easier.

Commenting/Uncommenting deb-src lines in /etc/apt/sources.list seems
much simpler/easier.

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Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer