And because there's no way to just _get the source_ (ie. a tarball with source files in it) there's no way to download it without screwing with Apache.
Once you've got bzr 1.16.1 or later you can do bzr branch lp:launchpad to get the Launchpad code. That's pretty easy. Then, if you find yourself fixing a bug, you have a working tree in which to commit your changes. A tarball is a static lump with no history and no future, and if you want tomorrow's code, you'll have another big tarball to download.
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It's as if they don't want anyone to download it.
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And because there's no way to just _get the source_ (ie. a tarball with source files in it) there's no way to download it without screwing with Apache.
Once you've got bzr 1.16.1 or later you can do bzr branch lp:launchpad to get the Launchpad code. That's pretty easy. Then, if you find yourself fixing a bug, you have a working tree in which to commit your changes. A tarball is a static lump with no history and no future, and if you want tomorrow's code, you'll have another big tarball to download.
How about a way to browse it online?
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~launchpad-pqm/launchpad/db-devel/changes