Advantages and disadvantages of including PDB files with your release application

Question

I\'ve got a VB.net application. Currently the release version of the application is produced without a PDB file. This gives me error logs lacking useful details such as line

Answer 1

Create pdbs for your release build, but do not ship them. Keep the pdbs somewhere safe with the matching build and source code. If you get a live crash, or similar, you can use the pdbs to do post-mortem debugging using the Debugging Tools for Windows, or Visual Studio.