[btbuilder]

I must say that compared with the CentOS 6 release CentOS 7 is a breath of fresh air. I'll assume for the moment that this is because of Red Hat's involvement in the process. Specically the availability of build scripts and the openness of communication throughout the process.

The delay in releasing CentOS 6 and the delays in updates had me worried about the future of CentOS.

[greglindahl]

The CentOS team completely re-did their build system at the start of CentOS 6, and that was cause of the delay. This build system still has nothing in common with Red Hat's build system, and it worked pretty well for CentOS 7!