You can already get such an archive by clicking on the right bit of the release page.  And I believe at any page reflecting a revision.  It is easy to get a copy of the repository.<p>It isn&#x27;t the case for all projects, but for some there are some pre-build steps that the majority of people who want to install and use the project don&#x27;t have or even know about.  The project can put up the source after those steps are done, and the downloader does the final source building and installation with ease.<p>As an end user looking at the release page, you can&#x27;t tell the difference between the easy way (the pre-processed source that will work well for you) and the hard way (you&#x27;ll need to install and invoke several tools for no real benefit).<p>The underlying problem is that Github make it really easy for people to end up with the hard way, and not the intended easy way.  This benefits no-one. I have no problem with them making the repository files available - I just want them to stop confusing people who go to a release page.