>> build the kernel that is distributed? Some of us need to put little
>> tweaks in the kernel config.

>snapshot by the time the snapshot makes it out the door.  Or is
>there some specific reason you want the two-day old sources used to
>build the snapshot?

Yes - the sys.tar.gz that the snapshot was built from is expected to at
least compile and probably work.  I would recommend including sys.tar.gz

--sjg

btw having now built my own snapshot - I must again thank all those 
that provide this service - it takes up serious amounts of disk :-)