Pruning old vendor update packages?

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 03:04:38PM +0100, Tom Yates wrote:
> On Sun, 23 Oct 2005, Axel Thimm wrote:
> 
> >fedoralegacy.org does not remove old update packages. These make > 3GB
> >for Fedora releases.
> >
> >Could that be fixed? Mirrors would be grateful, and the use of such
> >before-EOL-obsoleted packages is very small.
> 
> i'm sorry to continue the trend of dissenting voices to every sensible 
> suggestion, but there is one major use of old update packages: they're 
> invaluable for rollback, in the (hopefully unlikely) event that a 
> newly-released package breaks something.  if the removal of superseded 
> updates from the mirrors is automated, is there any chance we could always 
> keep the *two* most recent, not just the most recent?

I wasn't suggesting removing anything more than what the vendor (Red
Hat) already removed. I wouldn't remove Red Hat's last update if FL
issues a newer one.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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