Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-09 Thread Mister IT Guru
On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 08:52 -0400, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Saturday, April 09, 2011 05:32:34 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > > I just wanted to make sure that people realise that while the process on > > that page will get you to where one needs to be, the scripts etc are not > > what we use in the cen

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-09 Thread Lamar Owen
On Saturday, April 09, 2011 05:32:34 AM Karanbir Singh wrote: > I just wanted to make sure that people realise that while the process on > that page will get you to where one needs to be, the scripts etc are not > what we use in the centos buildsystem. And that's a more useful statement than the

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-09 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi On 04/08/2011 07:47 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > Yes, and not to mention the giant warning on the top of that page: > Comment from Karanbir Singh: > "Just want to point out that CentOS does not use anything from that page > - and details / scripts on that page have nothing to do wit

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-09 Thread Mister IT Guru
On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 14:47 -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Dvorkin, Asya wrote: > >>> > >>> Thanks Keith, good question, that should have been on my list of > >>> "Questions to ask about CentOS building process", and thanks to Akemi > >>> for a quick answer :) > >> >

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Brian Mathis
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Dvorkin, Asya wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Keith, good question, that should have been on my list of >>> "Questions to ask about CentOS building process", and thanks to Akemi >>> for a quick answer :) >> >> Given that its answered in a FAQ one could argue that it was not

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Dvorkin, Asya
>> >> >> Thanks Keith, good question, that should have been on my list of >> "Questions to ask about CentOS building process", and thanks to Akemi >> for a quick answer :) > > Given that its answered in a FAQ one could argue that it was not a good > question. You know, there is a famous saying.

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Markus Falb
On 8.4.2011 18:03, Mister IT Guru wrote: > On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 08:58 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Keith Keller >> wrote: >>> Hi all! >>> >>> We've seen quite a few references on the list to "100% binary >>> compatibility with upstream". What I am curious about is,

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Mister IT Guru
On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 08:58 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Keith Keller > wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > We've seen quite a few references on the list to "100% binary > > compatibility with upstream". What I am curious about is, how precisely > > is this determined? All t

Re: [CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Keith Keller wrote: > Hi all! > > We've seen quite a few references on the list to "100% binary > compatibility with upstream".  What I am curious about is, how precisely > is this determined?  All the ways I can think of for comparing how two > systems might work s

[CentOS] how is "binary compatibility" determined?

2011-04-08 Thread Keith Keller
Hi all! We've seen quite a few references on the list to "100% binary compatibility with upstream". What I am curious about is, how precisely is this determined? All the ways I can think of for comparing how two systems might work seem flawed in some way (e.g., using some sort of checksum; unit