I have been following this thread as we will be transitioning to EL7 as
it becomes available from SL. From the Red Hat CentOS web site:
Getting the sources for CentOS 7
Tuesday , 10, June 2014 Jim Perrin Uncategorized
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As part of the preparation for CentOS 7, and with a growing focus around
making the source easier to work with for developers and Special
Interest Groups, the CentOS Project is publishing the git source tree
used for building the distribution. This represents a bit of a change
from previous releases and we understand that it will cause some users
to change their workflows a bit. We’ve put together a wiki page
outlining how to get the sources, and a brief walk-through for using the
tools to make it easier.
If you’re interested in working with the code for various SIGs, to help
us with branding hunts, or just want to play around with the source for
your own means, please see http://wiki.centos.org/Sources. If you have
questions or would like to make improvements to the toolkit, please join
us on the centos-devel mailing list at
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-devel.
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James Pearson <http://changedmy.name> says:
June 10, 2014 at 11:32 pm
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This is amazingly helpful. In the past I’ve spent an enormous amount of
time trying to figure out the appropriate compile options to get newer
versions of software working, and wishing that CentOS had something like
Arch’s ABS – now you do.
End CentoOS infomercial.
What is the reality of the above -- yes, I have read this SL thread in
so far as it has appeared in my inbox to date. Is this truly "amazingly
helpful" or is this to be a major impediment? Will it only "cause some
users to change their workflows a bit", or is this a much, much larger
than "a bit" change? The answer to this question must come from the
actual SL porting team(s), presumably at Fermilab and CERN, and as
farmed out to those directly working with the Fermilab/CERN
porting/support groups.
Yasha Karant
On 06/10/2014 05:11 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
I'm staring at
http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2014/6/red-hat-unveils-rhel-7,
Looks like we can start testing trying to build it. Is there anything
I can do to help?
