Small correction, rpm can be complex, but a basic package is really easy. A few lines of package.spec file an a tarball of the package source. rpmbuild or mock

Small correction, rpm can be complex, but a basic package is really easy. A few lines of package.spec file an a tarball of the package source. rpmbuild or mock handle all the grunt work of building the actual package and making a repo is as simple as running createrepo.