Custom RPMs for OSs with outdated/missing packages glares at Amazon Linux
To develop packages:
$ vagrant up
$ sudo yum -y install git
$ git clone https://github.com/wmoxam/rpmbuild
$ cd rpmbuild && make setup
add/edit a spec in rpmbuild/SPEC
add build deps, etc to Makefile
$ make 'name_of_package'
Hosting
$ s3cmd --configure
$ ./upload