Include less source as part of the distributed code.

[adampatterson]

I usually work by extending Bootstrap and thus always work from the less source, I think a lot of people do.

It would be really helpful if as part of the distributed code, at the very least the Less source was also included.

To use the Less or JS source in a project with Grunt or any other tool the source code has to be used. This requires downloading the source and manually deleting all of the root/tests/docs/grunt paraphernalia.

Even as part of the Bower install, I only need the less and possibly the JS source code.

I think this would be a nice option for most users.

[cvrebert]

It would be really helpful if as part of the distributed code, at the very least the Less source was also included.

The main point of the dist/non-source download is that it only includes precompiled artifacts...

This requires downloading the source and manually deleting all of the root/tests/docs/grunt paraphernalia.

That's doesn't seem particularly difficult or laborious. And we document what's in each directory: http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#whats-included

And anyway, if you suggestion was applied, then folks might just make a similar complaint about having to manually delete the /less/ directory from their dist downloads.

[mdo]

Yeah we'll leave as-is for now.

[adampatterson]

The main difference I see here though is that the less is also an asset to developers and designers who use less to extend bootstrap.

There are two uses for the less source. One for you guys to develop and keep maintainable code. Two for designers to extend and keep maintainable code.

The second option does not call for or need the development tests/extras.

[mdo]

I'm not saying both options don't exist—that's just not what we want to do with the dist option. Dist is for compiled assets, not source assets.