[CentOS-devel] progress?

Fri Feb 18 17:57:55 UTC 2011
Larry Vaden <vaden at texoma.net>

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Steve Meyers <steve-centos at spamwiz.com> wrote:
>
> I would like it if I had access to make my own build environment that is
> the same as what CentOS uses, so I could get to know the process they
> use better.  Then I would be able to start off by contributing patches
> and such.  I don't have anywhere near the experience of Dag, but I've
> done a lot of RPM building in my previous jobs.
>
> Being able to replicate the process would help new people to get involved.

+1

Perhaps Dag or some team member could document the build environment
on the wiki so that the CentOS project is saying "if you want to roll
your own because of our schedule, here's how we do it." rather than
"GO ROLL YOUR OWN."

regards/ldv/vaden at texoma.net