Software Collections (SCL) are used on Red Hat and CentOS to provide updated versions of common programs. The package allows both a new version and original program to exist side-by-side.
Software Collections (SCL) are used on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS to provide updated versions of common programs. The package allows both a new version and original program to exist side-by-side.
There are two types of SCLs. The first is referred to as a 'SCL', and is supplied by Red Hat. The second is referred to as a 'SCLo', and is supplied by a community of supporters (and not by Red Hat).