Red Hat was granted a patent for automated package maintenance.

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    "patent_abstract": "A package maintenance architecture can be provided for a computing system. For instance, a change status can be determined, the change status corresponding to a difference between reference content and endpoint content of at least one package storage location of a plurality of package storage locations. An update for the at least one package storage location can be determined based on the change status, wherein the update is configured according to a respective configuration scheme of a plurality of configuration schemes respectively associated with the plurality of package storage locations, and wherein the respective configuration scheme is associated with the at least one package storage location. Updating of the at least one package storage location according to the update can be initiated.",
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