[CentOS-devel] Query regarding contributing RPMs to CentOS Repo

[Johnny Hughes]

On 11/13/2015 06:18 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote:
> On 13/11/15 10:53, ravulakollu.kumar at wipro.com wrote:
>> We have a requirement to use kernel version 3.18.22  on top of CentOS7. We have created RPM package for Linux kernel 3.18.22 for our purpose. We would like
>> to contribute the same to CentOS Repositories. My question is whether centos accepts contribution from others ?
>> If so we would like to contribute our spec file and RPM.
> 
> There is a 4.x kernel already in the centos repos, it might be good to
> visit that and contribute developer time towards maintaining that. If
> you really want to push in a 3.18.x kernel, then what sort of a
> maintenance and support cycle are you looking at ? and how do you plan
> on executing that ?
> 
> We can likely find a place as an alternate CentOS Plus kernel, if there
> is enough confidence in having a supported setup.
> 
> regards,
> 

There is also currently a 3.18.x LTS kernel (the latest version built is
3.18.21) in the Xen branch of the Virt SIG for both CentOS-6 and CentOS-7.



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