Re: Old binary packages.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Lamar Owen <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Old binary packages.
Date: 2004-01-19 20:53:48
Message-ID: 10420.1074545628@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Lamar Owen <lowen(at)pari(dot)edu> writes:
> I am looking at the possibility of cleaning up the binary tree on the ftp
> site, and was wondering what the group thought about purging old binaries.
> What I was thinking would be to remove all but the last minor release of each
> major version. Thus, I would remove 7.4, but leave 7.4.1.

I concur with Josh Drake's thought --- leave releases that are less
than, perhaps, six months old, even if they have been superseded in
their series. Superseded releases that are older than that could be
dispensed with.

regards, tom lane

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