Outdated Central Repos == Security Vulerabilities, New Study Finds

http://www.esecurityplanet.com/open-source-security/study-warns-of-security-flaws-in-open-source-components.html

This is EXACTLY why the prevailing mindset about central repositories needs
to change! Keeping it at PHP 5.1 doesn't provide more "stable" and
"reliable" code. It just keeps it vulnerable to things that were fixed
years ago.

--Kris