Mathieu Baudier wrote on 10/15/2009 02:23 PM: > from [CentOS] CentOS 5.4? anyone? >> Is that a big problem for the people who write the code and have every >> revision preserved for posterity (and for others to learn from) in a >> public revision control system? >> > > I'm not sure that I understand. > Is there indeed such a public repository of the build scriptds / RPM > specs used by CentOS? > > That would indeed be fascinating and useful to have a look at it. > (I rebuilt libvirt from RedHat SRPM, just to test the some new > virtualization feature of v5.4, and going through the process I kept > wondering how the CentOS team is doing it on all the packages!) There is a DRAFT Wiki page in progress on this. Do not expect a finished product, but see: http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General/RebuildReleaseProcess Phil