[elrepo-devel] What's the reason for nosrc SRPMs for kernel-lt 4.4.236-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64

[Manuel Wolfshant]

On 3/1/21 7:58 PM, Peter Kahn via elrepo-devel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Can someone tell me why  kernel-lt 4.4.236-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 has a 
> nosrc package instead of a SRPM?  I thought these normally were used 
> with 3rdparty vendor restrictions forced the issue and I assumed that 
> the kernel-lt would be open source under a GPL license.
>
> Please let me know what's driving this choice.


if I were to guess I'd say mere size and the fact that the original is 
available in any kernel mirror. there is no benefit in duplicating that 
on the ElRepo's mirrors.