[Fedora-packaging] pre-compiled binaries in SRPM/source tarball

[Christopher Aillon]

On 03/09/2011 02:13 PM, Tom Callaway wrote:
> On 03/09/2011 04:38 PM, jan.klepek wrote:
>> On Wed, 2011-03-09 at 16:27 -0500, Tom Callaway wrote:
>>> remaking a tarball is generally only required if it includes items
>>> that
>>>> aren't redistributable.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Ok, so exe file in source tarball could stay (as it is not used by build
>> and it is just silently ignored and not used in final rpm).
>
> If the licensing is clear and it permits unrestricted redistribution,
> yes. If not, then the answer may be no.

Then I'd ask for clarification of "When you encounter prebuilt binaries 
in a package you MUST: "

since source packages are still packages.