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From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
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Subject: Re: Wipe out older versions in cygwin/latest, cygwin/contrib
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:43:17 +1100
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Other than any GPL requirements.. Perhaps keeping the diffs from the next version backwards will do though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Faylor" <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
To: <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: Wipe out older versions in cygwin/latest, cygwin/contrib


> Our connection to sources.redhat.com is really getting swamped lately
> and it is all Cygwin's fault.
> 
> When I look at what people are downloading, I see:
> 
> /pub/cygwin/latest/gcc/gcc-2.95.2-3-src.tar.gz
> 
> a lot.
> 
> I don't know why this is, but I do know how to fix it -- I'll delete
> the file.
> 
> Is there really any reason to keep obsolete tarballs that are several
> months old?  I can't think of any.
> 
> Unless someone has a good reason for keeping these, I'm going to
> start deleting them.
> 
> cgf
> 

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