Subject: Re: [vserver] Developer recommendations.
From: "Daniel Hokka Zakrisson" <daniel@hozac.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 05:25:32 +0200 (CEST)

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.

-- 
Daniel Hokka Zakrisson