InternetNovell's Linux Build Service Goes Open

The company exposes the same tools it uses to build its Linux, with the aim of simplifying the task of application delivery for the open source community.

Building a Linux distribution can be a challenging process, especially when it comes to applications. Different Linux vendors use different packaging systems for application delivery, which can make distribution difficult for developers and software vendors. That's where Novell's openSUSE Build Service 1.0 comes into play. The offering aims to make it easier to build packages for multiple distributions, including Red Hat and Ubuntu. But it's not just a tool designed to help the open source community: The Build Service effort also represents an opening up of the development process for Novell's openSUSE Linux distribution itself. "Yes, it's the tool to build openSUSE in the open," Joe Brockmeier, openSUSE community manager, told InternetNews.com. "It will change the development process by allowing all contributors, not just those employed by Novell, to access to the build service and make the process more transparent." RELATED ARTICLES Novell CEO: We Need To Standardize Linux Novell: openSUSE for All Linux Users Novell Gives openSUSE the (Faster) Boot Novell 'Auto' Builds Linux For All For more stories on this topic: The Build Service is based on Novell's internal, proprietary AutoBuild service, which had been the tool it used for building SUSE Linux. The company has been working toward the Build Service's 1.0 milestone for the past 18 months, after announcing the effort in January 2007. With the 1... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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