On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:24:31AM +0200, Andreas Moog wrote: > 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.
It is provided by software-properties-common in more recent releases, and is seeded on server now. See bug 439566. $ seeded-in-ubuntu -b software-properties-common software-properties-common is seeded in: edubuntu: dvd kubuntu-active: daily-live kubuntu: daily-live lubuntu: daily, daily-live, daily-preinstalled mythbuntu: daily-live ubuntu-gnome: daily-live ubuntu-server: daily ubuntu-touch: daily-preinstalled ubuntu: daily-live ubuntukylin: daily-live ubuntustudio: dvd xubuntu: daily-live Where, specifically, is it missing? > 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. All this is true, but you haven't said specifically why this proposal is a problem, or why. This proposal *will* make source available without having to manually install anything. And providing easy access to the source *is* essential, but this proposal doesn't take easy access away. Others have said why the current situation is a problem, and you haven't addressed that here at all, given that add-apt-repository *is* available by default now. If add-apt-repository is not available by default, do you object to it *being* made available by default to resolve this? -- ubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel
