I would be OK with both those, but not distributing packages for CentOS and mingling configuration with program data (You can't just untar the release into your

I would be OK with both those, but not distributing packages for CentOS and mingling configuration with program data (You can't just untar the release into your installation location, that will overwrite your local configuration) are the dealbreakers. It's a nightmare to maintain keep updated (manual processes galore), but it has a fast release cadence. The worst of both worlds. I'm spoiled by Gitlab...