From owner-freebsd-hubs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 7 11:01:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hubs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33A2F106567C for ; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:01:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Received: from weak.local (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF49A8FC28; Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:01:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kris@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <489AD614.3010904@FreeBSD.org> Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:01:40 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexey Dokuchaev References: <20080807103121.GA8415@regency.nsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <20080807103121.GA8415@regency.nsu.ru> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hubs@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/distfiles on FTP X-BeenThere: freebsd-hubs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD Distributions Hubs: mail sup ftp" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:01:45 -0000 Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > Hi there, > > I've recent got interested in the fact that our ports/distfiles > directory on FTP contains zillion of out-dated (WRT current ports > versions they serve) tarballs and occupies more than 100GB of disk space. > > Is there are any special reason we keep all those distfiles? If not, > what is the algorithm of putting a distfile there? Does it take care of > deleting previous versions? Can it be improved? I'm eager to provide > help/patches/etc. > > ./danfe We do not delete old distfiles because the space savings are marginal. There is value in retaining old distfiles, because they are often still needed even years later. Kris