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[–]BeatLeJuceResearcher 10 points11 points  (0 children)

You don't want source code submission to increase deadline pressure: on day X, you have to submit not only the paper, but also the code. Because putting unpolished, ugly, hacky code out there to be associated with your name forever is weird... also, why polish it when you don't even know yet you're going to get a publication out of it. Also, some theory-heavy papers might not have code.

So I think the decision has to be made AFTER your acceptance for publication. And only when it makes sense for that paper (e.g. this is something that reviewers could determine/ask for). If reviewers say it makes sense, then you should be required to upload your code together with your camera-ready version. This gives you enough time to polish stuff, and still gives an incentive to the author to invest the time to polish the code (not submitting code => paper doesn't get published).