On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:54:20 -0400 bill-auger wrote: > im quite sure that one can download the source code via the git program > without > authentication or a third-party mediator, or download source-balls with curl
that was a rather weak statement actually - in fact, i _know_ that is possible - that is how every distro gets source code for packaging - if that ever changed, most distributors would complain loudly to the maintainers, asking them to provide some other way to access the source code - if they did not comply, i would not be surprised if most dropped that software - the packaging tooling is not equipped for that; because the notion is quite preposterous