On Thursday 09 September 2004 13:56, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Christof Damian (christof@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > At the moment, the Fedora updates tree is somewhat out of > > > hand (look, wow - 27G). > > > > > > Does anyone have any specific and concrete objections to > > > removing older, superceded, updates? > > > > I guess this is just meant for cleaning up the directory and > > not to save space? I don't mind the cleanup, but would like the > > old updates archived somewhere. > > It's for both, actually. > > Frankly, I see no need for archiving of: > > a) old test updates > b) test updates that have been superceded by final updates > > Others, there could be some use for, I suppose. > > Bill Aren't old, superceded updates useful, and sometimes critical, for determining when a particular problem might have been introduced? I feel, just in general, it's better to have old packages available somewhere. Regards, Mike Klinke
