>
> I shall indeed have a look, but does anyone know /why/ there aren't
> source packages published in the normal way? It does just seem that
> someone's being awkward, and we really shouldn't have to put up with
> that sort of behaviour. Unless there's a really convincing technical
> reason for this....
>
Totally agreed, but I tried asking that question...many times...three or
more years ago...and never got a satisfactory answer.
Personally., in generally, I always find it useful to have the srpms around
in order to preserve a record of exactly how something has been built.
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