Re: binutils snapshot builds

["Jose E. Marchesi" <jose.marchesi@oracle.com>]

> Hi -
>
>>   binutils-2.42.50.tar.gz
>> What about having:
>>   binutils-2.42.50-fc12b44ec0e.tar.gz
>
> (Or else: git-describe.)
>
>> This would allow for example to easily cache already downloaded
>> snapshots on the client side.
>
> By the way .... could someone spell out in what way these source
> tarball snapshots are useful, when the git repo is already easily
> available?

We are in the process of getting a CI set up to test the binutils/GCC
support for the kernel BPF selftests [1].  We are told they need
tarballs.

Having this CI is very important to us due to the fragile nature of
compiled BPF.  Without it any update to the kernel BPF selftests can
potentially break the build with GCC.

[1] https://github.com/kernel-patches/bpf/actions/workflows/test.yml

>
> - FChE