On 02/18/2011 06:50 PM, Steve Meyers wrote: > On 2/18/11 10:46 AM, Dag Wieers wrote: >> So the process doesn't scale, and everyone waiting for the next >> release or security update feels powerless to help there where it could be >> useful because the tools, the process and the changes are hidden. > > 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. > It has been said several times (but that would be useful to have it described on the wiki though , and everybody agrees on that fact ...) that the tools are the ones used by Fedora : Plague : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/Plague Mock : http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/Mock Fabian Arrotin