On 20 May 2013 16:09, Daniel J Blueman <dan...@quora.org> wrote: > When installing Ubuntu, I always see the source packages enabled by default. > > For all the general users I install Ubuntu for (including servers), > it's an utter waste of bandwidth for everyone, particularly when > automatically checking once a day. This is amplified eg in schools > without transparent webcaches etc. > > Anyone get the same feeling that we should have source packages an opt-in? > > Daniel > -- > Daniel J Blueman >
In theory, the only time a large download is made for a full release is the initial repo source update. From then on, only the -updates and -security package lists should be changing with any frequency, and their sizes will be much smaller. With the development release (U+1) having source repos enabled is perfectly reasonable. People running this are either developers or have enough understanding to disable their deb-src. If you are installing Ubuntu and finding this a frustration across several installations then editing the sources.list after installation (before the first sources update) might work well. You could even host a prepared version ready to wget straight to the new system. J -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
