[Mageia-dev] How will be the realese cycle?

[Tux99]

On Sun, 17 Oct 2010, David W. Hodgins wrote:

> I know enough c, perl, python, etc., that I can sometimes figure out
> where the problem is, (when submitting bug reports), but I don't know
> enough to put together rpm packages, or where to start, to learn how
> to do so.

Making rpm packages is actually a lot easier than writing C, Perl or 
Python code, so with your background it would be very easy for you to 
learn how to make a package.

Have a look here, these instructions explain it well, I learnt it from 
there:
http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Development/Howto/RPM