Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost> writes: > At > http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/ > there are some really old binary packages. Not to pick on IRIX, but > it's the first one to show up when checking in order. At > http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/packages/IRIX/mipseb-64/6.5_2006Q3/All/ > there are packages built in 2006. > > I do not believe that really old packages are useful to anyone. So, I > propose to delete binary packages from the ftp server that were built > From a quarterly branch in 2010Q4 or earlier, or from a > non-stable-branch pkgsrc snapshot in 2010 or earlier. I picked 3 years > arbitrarily. The logic is that it's far enough back that I don't > believe anyone would run them rather than trying to build new packages. > > If any of these packages really are useful, I'm happy to refrain from > deleting them. Please let me know. But I mean "are useful to an actual > someone", rather than "someone thinks there is the possibility that > there exists someone who might find them useful". > > I do not intend to keep backup copies or to expect anyone else to do so. > > If you object to 3 years but think 5 is good, or have some other general > objection, please speak up here. I have heard no objections and several positive comments. So I will start pruning on 5/2 UTC (deleting things that are built in 2010 or earlier).
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