Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 11:39 AM, David Coulson <david at davidcoulson.net> wrote: > Art Age Software wrote: >> >> Well, because as I explained in my original post, DRBD is non-trivial >> to build and keep up with the current kernel version. > > Really? Even if you download the SRPMs and use rpmbuild to create the binary > packages like the package maintainer does? It should be trivial to patch the > SRPMs and roll your own binary packages. You may need additional > dependencies, but it shouldn't be a major ordeal. > > David > It is the start down the slippery slope. Why not then build our own web server, database server, firewall software, kernel? Heck, why not build it all? Because that's what package management is for... Seriously, do you guys build everything by hand?