You may want to join an existing SIG or start a new one if you have an idea for a completely new variant. For example, the SIG that maintains a variant or the core SIG that builds the main CentOS distribution. The gateway to code getting in to is via the SIGs.

Making variantsĪn official variant edition of CentOS can only be created with code from, must be converted entirely from source to binary within the CentOS buildsystems and delivered using the official CentOS content delivery network. Some potential early SIG’s are listed on the Special Interest Groups.

List and we will try to include you in the process. Of the evolving process - feel free to drop a proposal for your variant onto However, if youĪre interested in joining the process right away, and dont mind being a part

Something we hope to have confirmed as a process and ensure we have resourcesĪllocated to make this happen by the early summer of 2014. The idea of CentOS Variants is very much a proposal at this stage, You may want to look for additional tips, notes, and documentation in the SIG that produces the variant.

Run the minimal installer from here and choose your variant during installation.

(Some SIGs don’t focus on producing a variant but instead work on Infrastructure, Design, Documentation, and so forth.) Using variants SIG members usually include people who work directly on the related technology and open source projects. These SIGs want to get this technology in the hands of the users in the easiest way possible. Special interest groups (SIGs) are teams of people interested in one or more related technologies, and enabling that technology in CentOS. The end goal is to make it easier for users to run different open source software directly on and in CentOS itself. By being able to get these components directly in CentOS, a variant maintainer solves many of the steps for users. Some open source projects need different software components to run properly, such as updated development languages or kernel functionality.

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