On 23 July 2013 16:24, Andreas Moog <[email protected]> wrote: > 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@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@j3515:~$ > > add-apt-repository is not available on all Ubuntu systems by default.
add-apt-repository is installed by default on desktop installs. On non-desktop seeds, it is still available, just not installed. > 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. You're focussing on Ubuntu as a complete solution and not a platform or enabler in stating that easy access to source is essential. Do you agree that >99% of users don't care about source? For those who do, it's easy to find and tweak sources button in the software sources applet, no? >From deploying in the real world (eg countries without domestic mirrors or with radio links), reducing bandwidth requirements of updates makes a important difference. Daniel -- Daniel J Blueman -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
