ports/distfiles on FTP

[Kris Kennaway]

Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I've recent got interested in the fact that our ports/distfiles
> directory on FTP contains zillion of out-dated (WRT current ports
> versions they serve) tarballs and occupies more than 100GB of disk space.
> 
> Is there are any special reason we keep all those distfiles?  If not,
> what is the algorithm of putting a distfile there?  Does it take care of
> deleting previous versions?  Can it be improved?  I'm eager to provide
> help/patches/etc.
> 
> ./danfe

We do not delete old distfiles because the space savings are marginal. 
There is value in retaining old distfiles, because they are often still 
needed even years later.

Kris