More info on ALT Linux's build system?

More info on ALT Linux's build system?

Posted Jun 2, 2007 15:33 UTC (Sat) by ofeeley (subscriber, #36105)
In reply to: Is it me only... by gvy
Parent article: Fedora 7 (Moonshine) released

Can you post links to some more information about this aspect of ALT Linux? I've looked at what appears to be the software that you talk about, Sisyphus (1), but can't find more detailed information about what this does. It seems like it's roughly equivalent to Koji?

If so, what tools does ALT Linux publish for creating an ISO or an install tree? (NB, I tried to take a look at the mailing lists for discussion of this issue but I unfortunately can't understand Russian. It may be that many are simply unaware of the work which ALT Linux has done.

The comparison to Ubuntu couldn't be more inaccurate though. Ubuntu (or should I say Canonical) have a closed-source build system (Launchpad), and actively promote the distribution of non-Free codecs and drivers.

1. http://www.altlinux.com/index.php?module=sisyphus

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