[CentOS] 3rd party repositories

isdtor wrote:
> Can anyone comment on the use of 3rd party repos for newer versions of
> software like php, python and mysql? Two I am aware of are puias and ius.
>
> Is one preferable to the other? Can their packages be installed in
> parallel to and without interfering with base packages?

We use epel and rpmfusion; there are no conflicts. Elrepo we only use for
*very* specific things (like the systems I can use kmod-nvidia on).
rpmforge frequently has conflicts.

    mark