[CentOS] EL 6 rollout strategies? (Scientific Linux)

> There's also a reasonable question about whether this process could
> be better automated, 

How do you *automate* a system where the fundamental rules change
'without notice to users'?

> in which case it becomes typical software development for programs
> that solve the dependencies and find and assemble the requirements.

Rebuilding somebody else's sources without their build environment isn't
typical.  It's MindReading 101.



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