Source packages appropriate by default?

[Andreas Moog]

On 23.07.2013 09:12, Robie Basak wrote:
[...]
> E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list
> E: Type "add-apt-repository sources" to do this automatically for you.
> $ sudo add-apt-repository sources
> deb-src lines have been added to your sources.list.
> Now type "apt-get update", and then "apt-get source ..." will work.
> $ sudo apt-get update
> (...)
> $ sudo apt-get source hello
> (works)
> 
> To do this, we'd need to patch apt to add the second error line, and
> implement "sources" to add-apt-repository.

andreas at j3515:~$ sudo add-apt-repository
The program 'add-apt-repository' is currently not installed.  You can
install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
andreas at j3515:~$

add-apt-repository is not available on all Ubuntu systems by default.
The current solution is easy and is available on virtually all
installations, without the need to manually install anything. Providing
easy access to the source is essential for a open source distribution.


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