diff --git a/builder/kojid b/builder/kojid
index 979f4876..d93001f0 100755
--- a/builder/kojid
+++ b/builder/kojid
@@ -1730,6 +1730,7 @@ class BuildTask(BaseTaskHandler):
             'source' : src,
             'task_id' : self.id,
             'build_tag' : build_tag,  #id
+            'skip_tag' : bool(self.opts.get('skip_tag')),
         }
         if target_info:
             policy_data['target'] = target_info['id'],
diff --git a/cli/koji b/cli/koji
index bc13d932..4fca826c 100755
--- a/cli/koji
+++ b/cli/koji
@@ -691,10 +691,6 @@ def handle_build(options, session, args):
         priority = 5
     # try to check that source is an SRPM
     if '://' not in source:
-        # only allow admins to perform non-scratch builds from srpm
-        if not opts.get('scratch') and not session.hasPerm('admin'):
-            parser.error(_("builds from srpm must use --scratch"))
-            assert False
         #treat source as an srpm and upload it
         print "Uploading srpm: %s" % source
         serverdir = _unique_path('cli-build')
diff --git a/hub/hub.conf b/hub/hub.conf
index a1ddb3a4..4b5d81cf 100644
--- a/hub/hub.conf
+++ b/hub/hub.conf
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ## Basic options ##
 DBName = koji
 DBUser = koji
-DBHost = db.example.com
+#DBHost = db.example.com
 #DBPass = example_password
 KojiDir = /mnt/koji
 
@@ -37,10 +37,11 @@ LoginCreatesUser = On
 KojiWebURL = http://kojiweb.example.com/koji
 # The domain name that will be appended to Koji usernames
 # when creating email notifications
-#EmailDomain example.com
+#EmailDomain = example.com
 
-## Whether or not to report exception details for anticipated errors (i.e.
-## koji's own exceptions -- subclasses of koji.GenericError).
+## If KojiDebug is on, the hub will be /very/ verbose and will report exception
+## details to clients for anticipated errors (i.e. koji's own exceptions --
+## subclasses of koji.GenericError).
 # KojiDebug = On
 
 ## Determines how much detail about exceptions is reported to the client (via faults)
diff --git a/hub/kojihub.py b/hub/kojihub.py
index 0d78d464..a52b11be 100644
--- a/hub/kojihub.py
+++ b/hub/kojihub.py
@@ -4748,13 +4748,33 @@ class PackageTest(koji.policy.MatchTest):
 class TagTest(koji.policy.MatchTest):
     name = 'tag'
     field = '_tagname'
+
+    def get_tag(self, data):
+        """extract the tag to test against from the data
+
+        return None if there is no tag to test
+        """
+        tag = data.get('tag')
+        if tag is None:
+            return None
+        return get_tag(tag, strict=False)
+
     def run(self, data):
         #we need to find the tag name from the base data
-        if not data['tag']:
+        tinfo = self.get_tag(data)
+        if tinfo is None:
             return False
-        data[self.field] = get_tag(data['tag'])['name']
+        data[self.field] = tinfo['name']
         return super(TagTest, self).run(data)
 
+class FromTagTest(TagTest):
+    name = 'fromtag'
+    def get_tag(self, data):
+        tag = data.get('fromtag')
+        if tag is None:
+            return None
+        return get_tag(tag, strict=False)
+
 class HasTagTest(koji.policy.BaseSimpleTest):
     """Check to see if build (currently) has a given tag"""
     name = 'hastag'
@@ -4769,6 +4789,15 @@ class HasTagTest(koji.policy.BaseSimpleTest):
         #otherwise...
         return False
 
+class SkipTagTest(koji.policy.BaseSimpleTest):
+    """Check for the skip_tag option
+
+    For policies regarding build tasks (e.g. build_from_srpm)
+    """
+    name = 'skip_tag'
+    def run(self, data):
+        return bool(data.get('skip_tag'))
+
 class BuildTagTest(koji.policy.BaseSimpleTest):
     """Check the build tag of the build
 
@@ -4964,7 +4993,7 @@ def check_policy(name, data, default='deny', strict=False):
     if not strict:
         return False, reason
     err_str = "policy violation"
-    if context.opts.get('KojiDebug', False):
+    if context.opts.get('KojiDebug') or context.opts.get('VerbosePolicy'):
         err_str += " -- %s" % reason
     raise koji.ActionNotAllowed, err_str
 
diff --git a/hub/kojixmlrpc.py b/hub/kojixmlrpc.py
index 5d7105aa..1bc6c614 100644
--- a/hub/kojixmlrpc.py
+++ b/hub/kojixmlrpc.py
@@ -372,11 +372,12 @@ def load_config(req):
         ['EmailDomain', 'string', None],
         ['DisableNotifications', 'boolean', False],
 
-        ['Plugins', 'string', None],
+        ['Plugins', 'string', ''],
         ['PluginPath', 'string', '/usr/lib/koji-hub-plugins'],
 
         ['KojiDebug', 'boolean', False],
         ['KojiTraceback', 'string', None],
+        ['VerbosePolicy', 'boolean', False],
         ['EnableFunctionDebug', 'boolean', False],
 
         ['MissingPolicyOK', 'boolean', True],
diff --git a/koji/policy.py b/koji/policy.py
index d05bbfb6..e1ac22c0 100644
--- a/koji/policy.py
+++ b/koji/policy.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class SimpleRuleSet(object):
             else:
                 line += ' :: '
             ret.append(line)
-        ret = '\n... '.join(ret)
+        ret = '... '.join(ret)
         if self.lastaction is None:
             ret += "(no match)"
         else: