Hello,

I am wondering why Scientific Linux doesn't support debuginfo 
repositories in the same way as Red Hat does (disabled in *.repo files, 
distributed directly in the directory with binaries).
I found some debug information 'hidden' in the directory 
"/linux/scientific/6rolling/archive/debuginfo/", however I am not sure 
if it contains all debuginfo from all other binary directories and is 
already in sync.

There are two reasons, why we shall care about debuginfo as a first 
class citizen:
1) ABRT 
("http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-abrt.html")
2) SystemTap 
("http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/SystemTap_Beginners_Guide/index.html")

Without debuginfo it is difficult to generate a sensible crash log 
(ABRT) and it helps [Red Hat] developers a lot. If one wants to analyse 
and tune the performance of the system, the SystemTap is absolutely 
essential and it needs debuginfo as well.

Best Regards

Vaclav M.