Comment #2 on issue 856 by [email protected]: Robot sources not packaged with robotframework.jar
http://code.google.com/p/robotframework/issues/detail?id=856
It is an enhancement request. It was raised as a defect by accident. While I agree that I can get the sources from version control, it is easier to download the sources.jar automatically using maven.
This request is effectively to ask to package and distribute robotframework-<version>-sources.jar
This way we can remove the .py sources in robotframework-<version>.jar and allow easier debugging while using RF in java. Maven automatically downloads the following files and associates the source in a debugger.
<project>-<version>.jar <project>-<version>-sources.jar
