Bryan Vyhmeister wrote:

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> I just skimmed this whole thread and I am wondering about a couple of 
> things. It appears that all of you are talking about basically following 
> the instructions for release(8) and just providing the generated files 
> for people. Is that correct?

That is not enough.  You have to make sure you packages are up-to-date 
as well.  So you are also into bulk package building.  If you want to 
this right, it is a lot work; that's why we don't do it in the project 
and that's probably also the reason why we ask money for it ;)  You need 
machinery and a lot of time...