@delores Do your project anyway, then compare the result with those better versions to see how project-dot-next can be better. That's part of the process.
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Do not compare while you are building, lest you get #DNF (Duke Nukem Forever) syndrome.
@bthall @kai I doubt that #apt / #apt-get (or #yum / #urpmi / #dnf) is available for #BSD, but they have their own systems for installing & managing software.
#puppet, #chef, or #ansible? Puppet has their own repos for #CentOS 6 and 7. Ansible is already in 7. Chef is in neither by default, so it seems like chef is out. I already installed puppet on a couple, else chef might be better. Would be nice if the repos were the same and it could just detact your version. Maybe #DNF does this? I haven't touched #Fedora in like 7 years until today, not that I did much with it.