[CentOS] 3rd party repositories

Fri Oct 18 20:52:43 UTC 2013
isdtor <isdtor at gmail.com>

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?