I read that there were some previous bad experiences with shipping source code separately, but I think it should be looked at again with a fresh set of eyes.
Some reasons to ship source code separately: - *Few people are actually using it.* Most people are never going to look at the source code - it is just wasted download bandwidth and space. - *Other open source projects ship source code separately.* This is a solved problem. - *Using the source code generally requires other downloads too.* Source code by itself is bad entertainment - people need compilers and toolchains. So we are not really reducing the friction to use the source code when we ship it; the greater friction is in setting up a development environment. - *For current projects we are shipping stale source code.* mTCP is a good example of this ... I really hate seeing people pick up old binaries and source code from FreeDOS. I'd rather point them to the canonical source for downloads and source code and mirror those as a secondary option in case the primary source goes dormant. -Mike
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