[Bf-committers] packages for specific linux distros?

[Onur Yalazı]

Tom M wrote:
> I think it would be a good idea if we could have specific installs for
> Debian/Ubuntu, Redhat and Suse for the next release.  Both source and
> binarys.  This would make it easier for users and developers to get up
> to speed on the latest releases since some of our dependencies are
> unlikely to be met by default.
>
These distributions have maintainers for these packages. Why should we 
bother doing this?
> Do we have any devs here who might be willing to look into this?  I
> recall some interest being expressed by a developer for doing RPMs but
> don't recall who it was.
>
> LetterRip