Countering one of your points, and yet bolstering your statement here.  Even in a DevOps environment, packaging is important.  Same as a system image or random artifact, a distribution package can provide consistency and repeatability.<p>If I had to wait for a rebuild of the entire operating system to test deployment of a single application, how much confidence could I possibly gain in that application&#x27;s deployment process?<p>Also... it seems the author is suggesting that newer software always has fewer bugs.  Hmm... .