 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Eisentraut [mailto:peter_e@gmx.net] 
> Sent: 20 January 2004 00:21
> To: Lamar Owen; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Old binary packages.
> 
> Lamar Owen wrote:
> > I am looking at the possibility of cleaning up the binary 
> tree on the 
> > ftp site, and was wondering what the group thought about 
> purging old 
> > binaries. What I was thinking would be to remove all but the last 
> > minor release of each major version.  Thus, I would remove 7.4, but 
> > leave 7.4.1.  The space taken by binaries is significant 
> (about 1GB at 
> > this point).  Since we are keeping all source releases (although I 
> > would question that, since we use CVS), keeping all the binaries 
> > around is just a space waster, IMHO.
> 
> Unless you know that someone is actually running out of 
> space, I think it would be better to keep past releases 
> around.  I've needed them more often than you would think.

On that note, new mirror providers often comment on how small our ftp
area is compared to most others. I've *never* heard a complaint about
the size.

Regards, Dave.

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 08:06:22 -0000
"Dave Page" <dpage@vale-housing.co.uk>
Re: Old binary packages.