On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 8:18 AM, Ralph Angenendt <ra+centos@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > R P Herrold wrote: >> I guess the question in my mind becomes multiplication and maintenance. > > Well, the existing pages have rather short snippets on that issue. If > there were to be pages which explain the issues at hand in a more > verbose way, then one can edit out the snippets and link to the more > verbose pages. I think that this is a good idea to avoid multiplication. > >> How is it a win to add yet more pages, rather than extend the existing >> one; the whole topic of packag building -- as root, as an end user, in a >> chroot, in a chroot with defined base packages, using one of the several >> tools from mach, on ... ? > > I think that extending stuff into own articles is a great way to reach > the goal you showed in your last sentence ... When helping in the forums, there often is a need to explain how to build from srpm. Currently, there is no *single* point of reference that I can use. So, yes, I think it is a good idea to have a page which can cover the entire topic. Akemi
