Linda Walsh escribió:
Perhaps I'm confusing the question by the venue in which I am asking. If someone has installed OS, but is not working on developing the next OS release, and wants to apply a local patch -- not for public consumption, but for testing, then the solution is to use the OS build server?
you want to use "build" in that case, however if you are applying a "local patch" there must be a reason why you are doing that, let us to know the reason and then we can figure why the original package is not suitable for you, and improve it.
Is it the intent that an OS build account (or access to one) will come with every installed distribution?
You can request an account whenever you like.
At the very least, doesn't this cramp those who are not on a high speed connection to the internet --
not to mention those who may be doing
development while not connected to the internet?
"build" will setup the chroot using a package set available in your harddisk, it is not mandatory to access the internet. -- "Progress is possible only if we train ourselves to think about programs without thinking of them as pieces of executable code.” - Edsger W. Dijkstra Cristian Rodríguez R. Platform/OpenSUSE - Core Services SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Research & Development http://www.opensuse.org/