I used it a few years ago when we realised Centos 6 had dropped support for some packages (can't remember which). They had stepped up and backported these, plus

I used it a few years ago when we realised Centos 6 had dropped support for some packages (can't remember which). They had stepped up and backported these, plus some other fixes. I can see in the days of containers etc they wouldn't be needed, but they definitely filled a need back in the day and I thank them for it.