Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 01:41:06 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: Josh Brooks <user@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Where is 4.5, 4.6, etc. on the FTP sites ? Message-ID: <20030918064106.GD51544@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <20030917231542.U93367-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com> References: <200309181608.27767.jrhoden@unimelb.edu.au> <20030917231542.U93367-100000@mail.econolodgetulsa.com>
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In the last episode (Sep 17), Josh Brooks said: > I am not here to go into a lengthy justification as to why I need the > older ones (damn, I just knew the answers would all be "but why would > you not just upgrade") > > The point is, why are they not on the ftp sites anymore ? > > I suspect there is no good reason for it at all - just a totally > arbitrary decision to remove things that didn't hurt anyone to keep > around. > > I think i am going to go remove all the faucet handles in my > bathrooms. Sound strange ? It is not any more of a pointless and > arbitrary removal of functionality than what was removed from the ftp > sites. Do you have to pay for the space taken up by your faucet handles? Try www.freebsdmirrors.org for a list of sites that have the disk space to keep old releases. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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