On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Ilya Konstantinov wrote:
> >/storage got filled up once again. i couldn't see anything obvious that > >could be removed. i don't suppose that we can delete debian's former > >stable version, right? > > > >perhaps we can stop storing updates for older distributions (e.g. > >mandrwake before 7.1, redhat before 6.1 (or 7.0, sniff sniff), debian > >before... what? > > Maybe. > > I removed MDK ppc and ia64 updates for now (from disk, and excluded from > rsync). This whole mirroring thing is becoming a mess. Can you guys > decide on a firm policy about what belongs and what doesn't and how > space conflicts are resolved and I'll implement this? don't think a 'firm policy' is easy to decide - there's a need for some judjement. i think the rule should be that 'updates' sohuld be kept only for the last 2 major releases. if there's not enough space, then updates should be kept for the last major release and one-before-last minor release (e.g. you have mandrakre 8.2 out now - keep the updates for all '8.*' versions, as well as '7.2' - or whatever was the last 7.X version). other then this - whenever the disk fills up - we need to find what is least used - and dump it. until we get larger disks, that is. -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives available at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
