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From Dave Page
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In response to Re: RSS should contain URL to source code [PATCH]  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> I still don't see the point, and find it rather inconsistent to just
> list the source and nothing else. Given that the vast majority of our
> users will be intersted in the binaries and not the source.
>
> And from experience, I'm worried about hardcoding paths on our ftp
> site, since they tend to sometimes be. um. inconsistent. though that
> has gotten a lot better lately.

Those would be my two concerns. Source code just isn't that useful for
most of our users.



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