Re: source code for pkgs

[c.]

On 6 Feb 2012, at 22:36, Doug Stewart wrote:

> But if one uses the -forge option then the .tar.gz file is deleted and 
> therefore no source file is on my machine.
> Just making an observation.
> 
> I guess that I will have to go to source forge and go through all the 
> packages and download the .cc files.
> 
> I think that they should be installed when you load the pkg.

This sounds indeed like a good idea, for example it would also allow to rebuild 
all packages when switching to a new octave api version
without dowloading them anew, if you don't want this idea to be forgotten maybe 
you could add it as a feature request on the savannah tracker.
Or even better take a shot at implementing a patch for pkg.m yourself ...
c.