Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:43:55 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Ken Smith <kensmith@buffalo.edu> Cc: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org, re <re@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Removal of older releases... Message-ID: <4F6397FB.8060500@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F63401D.7080502@buffalo.edu> References: <1331815908.3738.6.camel@bauer.cse.buffalo.edu> <4F62F1AA.8020109@FreeBSD.org> <4F63401D.7080502@buffalo.edu>
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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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