Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 14:49:16 +1000 (EST) From: jason andrade <jason@dstc.edu.au> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, <hubs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Older releases coming back on ftp-master Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0211171446380.1086-100000@sunburn.dstc.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200211160709.gAG79Rx8089576@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Garrett Wollman wrote: > <<On Fri, 15 Nov 2002 19:43:32 -0800, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> said: > > > Peter has migrated the ftp archive on ftp-master to a larger > > filesystem, so there is now room to put back some of the things we > > have had to remove over time for lack of space. I will probably be > > putting back some of the more recent 4.x releases (and package sets), > > and maybe 3.5 also (depending on space). > > I'd prefer to see this in a separate section of the archive. There is > very little value to us as a mirror in keeping lots of old releases on > hand, and we do not plan on increasing the disk space available to it. i'd agree. i'm contemplating an "archive" section which will allow mirrors to specifcally exclude older releases. the archive section would not be a requirement for being a tier1/complete freebsd mirror. there will probably be some methodlogy to allow for migrating releases from the current area into the archive area via advance notice so that sites that want to keep older releases around will have a place to stash them. regards, -jason To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hubs" in the body of the message
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