Re: Building RPMs from source code vs. building RPMS from precompiledbinaries

[Mark Hatle <fray mvista com>]

Just my opinion.. and I'm not sure it will be a popular one.

If you are creating a commerical application, that you have no plans to ever 
deliver source to the customer then frankly it doesn't matter.  In fact in your 
case (with what you described) I would feel more comfortable delivering binary 
rpms produced from binaries as it avoids "rocking the boat" in the build system.

--Mark

Bart Whiteley wrote:

> I'm looking for arguments for why we should build RPMs
> from source code instead of precompiled binaries. 
> I've read Maximum RPM, and Ed mentions a couple
> of things, but his comments are meant for people
> who are building RPMs out of other peoples' code, 
> not for shops developing apps which will be shipped as
> RPMS.  
>
> What arguments can I use to make my case?  
> Perhaps I'm mistaken.  Is it not such a crime to build
> RPMS from precompiled bins instead of source?