Re: [vserver] Developer recommendations.

Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I currently use LV hosts and guests based on CentOS 5.x.
>
> This means I either have to learn to build my own kernel RPM or (this is
> going to sound bad no matter how I put it) trust in others. The trust
> isn't so much in their work but in their having time to do the work.
>
> I figure I should start building my own. This way I get the latest and
> greatest and it could lead to a LV "distribution."
>
> So how do I go about getting the leanest and meanest host? Right now,
> even if I build from a stripped down install of CentOS there are a pile
> of "extras".

"Extras"?

> But I'd still like to build CentOS guests (yum, etc.) to make the
> maintenance/upkeep easier on others.
>
> They feel like contradictory goals.

What are the goals, exactly?

> So my question for now: How do the developers build their systems?

Personally, I use CentOS 5 almost exclusively, with two Debian systems
sprinkled in there.

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Daniel Hokka Zakrisson