[Mono-bugs] [Bug 541831] New: MonoVS needs to also allow saving of the source RPM in addition to the RPM built

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541831


           Summary: MonoVS needs to also allow saving of the source RPM in
                    addition to the RPM built
    Classification: Mono
           Product: Mono: Tools
           Version: MonoVS 0.4
          Platform: x86
        OS/Version: SLES 11
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Visual Studio Integration
        AssignedTo: jpobst at novell.com
        ReportedBy: mchristensen at novell.com
         QAContact: mono-bugs at lists.ximian.com
          Found By: Component Test


Description of Problem:

Currently only the binary RPM is returned to the user or allowed to be placed
somewhere on the build machine.  The source RPM is of equal importance.  It
contains the spec file and source code used for building.

There are a couple reasons it needs to also be saved.

1) It's useful for a user to be able to rebuild an RPM using the source RPM.
2) It's an archive of the buildable source code with instructions on how to
build it.
3) Opensource software is typically distributed with the source.  If provided
as an RPM, the accompanying source is also typically distributed as a source
RPM which will make it possible to for the recipient to re-build the exact
product or modify and build his own.  If our customers distribute any software
created as opensource, this should be an option.

There's probably a few other reasons...

So, we need to have an option to also copy back the source RPM as well as the
binary RPM.

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