[feature] folder as sources #9423

[damianatorrpm]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I would like to replace git workflow completely with OBS.

Describe the solution you'd like
OBS already has re-visioning per package.
The current scheme is

foo.tar.gz
foo.spec

It would be very handy for smaller code adjustments to foo
this to be possible:

foo/   #this is the uncompressed source directory instead of tar.gz
foo.spec

1) using OBS web editor navigate to foo/main.cpp
2) make changes to foo/main.cpp
3) OBS service compresses foo/ directory.
4) OBS builds foo.

[dcermak]

I am honestly not sure that this is a good idea: OBS is primarily a build system for packages that should be build from upstream sources. Modifying the sources easily is imho a dangerous path as it encourages maintainers to be lazy and not contribute back. But if you now allow changes to be made without even creating patches…

[damianatorrpm]

The idea is where the maintainer is also upstream.

[dcermak]

Damian Ivanov <notifications@github.com> writes:

The idea is where the maintainer is also upstream.

Then imho the "right" approach is still to fix this upstream and push the changes back to OBS. OBS was never intended to be upstream.