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Re: eliminating -source packages



> >  I think users should be able to work with sources in any machine they
> > don't have the root password (e.g: master).
> I definitely agree.  In fact, I build all of my packages (including the
> pcmcia packages which require the kernel source to build) using fakeroot
> from a subdirectory of my home directory (i.e., not from /usr/src).

 Another reason: Somebody might want to have more than one set of packages:
One dir for potato and another for woody...

> I think that your idea has promise.



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