Removal of older releases...

[Doug Barton]

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On 03/16/2012 06:29, Ken Smith wrote:
> On 3/16/12 3:54 AM, Doug Barton wrote:
>> On 03/15/2012 05:51, Ken Smith wrote:
> 
>>> Late Friday evening (March 16, 2012) I'll be removing the
>>> release bits and release package set for 7.4-RELEASE to help
>>> make space for the upcoming 8.3-RELEASE bits.
> 
>> Given that 7.4 is still a supported release for another year, 
>> couldn't we find something else to trim? (Yes, I realize we have 
>> archives ...)
> 
> 
> Nothing that will provide enough space on ftp-master.  There is
> also the thought that at this point we're not encouraging new
> installs so the FTP install tree going away isn't a big deal
> (though the ISO images will not be going away) and the
> packages-7.4-release tree is so stale people actually need to
> either build their own packages or use packages-7-stable instead.

Ok, thanks for clarifying. I think leaving the ISOs up is a good
compromise. Sorry if I misunderstood that from your previous post.


Doug

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