Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:40 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@nsu.ru> Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/distfiles on FTP Message-ID: <489AD614.3010904@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080807103121.GA8415@regency.nsu.ru> References: <20080807103121.GA8415@regency.nsu.ru>
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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
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