Removal of older releases...

[Doug Barton]

On 03/16/2012 00:58, Erwin Lansing wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 12:54:18AM -0700, 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 ...)
>>
> Note that it's only the release bits that are removed, not stable bits.

I don't understand that answer.

> While we still support 7.4 from a security and package viewpoint, we
> don't encourage new installations and recommend 8.x or even 9.x for
> that.  

I get what you're saying. My point is that given that it's still a
supported release, it should be on the mirrors. Otherwise we have a
rather odd definition of "supported."


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