On Fri, Jul 01, 2022 at 08:30:33AM -0400, Robert Marcano via devel wrote:
> It removes a step so it makes it easier, but at the same time remove
> the existence of a copy of the source code (SRPM) in parallel with
> the binaries.

We absolutely need that, but source RPMs are not the only (or best!) way to
do that.

> There is a reason all Fedora RPMs sources are stored on Fedora
> infrastructure instead of automatic downloads from source
> repositories. Imagine an entire Fedora built that way and think
> about the reproducibility of that build. Maybe another process could
> replace it, but going directly to source repositories is a step
> backwards.

If we had all of the source exploded into source repositories under our
control, and built from that, we probably could get _more_ reproducibility.

-- 
Matthew Miller
<mat...@fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
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