From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject: Re: old packages on simtel
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> Time once again to tidy up the ftp site.  I see these packages have
> multiple versions:

Comments below.  Seems biggest bang for effort is GCC 3.x versions,
a gdb, a gettext, a binutil, shoot some bison


> automake: 1.4, 1.5

1.5 seems to be missing documentation, only 1Mb

> binutils: 2.11.2, 2.12.1, 2.13

Given problems with newer binutils and UPX, I'd like to keep 2.11.2
around.  2.12.1 and 2.13 - about 20Mb each (nuke one?)

> bool: 0.2, 0.2.1

200K, trivial

> bison: 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, 1.32, 1.33, 1.35

keep 1.28 (last reasonably sized one),
1.29 seems to be missing docs (good candidiate to nuke)
1.30,1.32,1.33,1.35 are each about 2Mb each (nuke 1.29 .. 1.33 ? = 10Mb? )

> cvs: 1.9, 1.10

1.9 is pretty different, only 1Mb

> diff: 2.7.2, 2.8

About 1Mb

> emacs: 19.34, 20.5

19Mb, 25Mb

> fileutils: 3.16, 4.0, 4.1

3 to 4Mb each

> gcc: 2.95.2, 2.95.3, 3.0.4, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1

2.95.2 has docs, needed by something else?
2.95.3 keep
3.04 23Mb nuke
3.1 34Mb (has g77 docs)
3.2 32Mb

These are big, we should trim stuff here

> gdb: 4.18, 5.0, 5.1.1, 5.2.1

5Mb, 20Mb, 20Mb, 17Mb (fewer distributions in 5.2.1?)

Keep early, nuke one or both of middle ones ?

> gdbm: 1.8.0, 1.8.3

small

> global: 4.5, 4.5.1

small

> gmp: 3.1.1, 4.0

3Mb, 5Mb

> gpc: 2.0, 2.95.3

5Mb, 11Mb

> gettext: 0.10.37, 0.10.39, 0.10.40

6Mb, 8Mb, 8Mb

> gawk: 3.0.6, 3.1.1

3Mb, 5Mb

> gzip: 1.2.4, 1.3

small

> indent: 2.2.4, 2.2.5

small

> ispell: 3.1.20, 3.2.06

2Mb each

> less: 358, 374

small

> marst: 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

small

> patch: 2.1, 2.5.3

2.1 must be kept for compatibility for old patches, small (remind me to refresh)

> perl: 5.005_02, 5.006_01

6Mb, 12Mb

> sed: 1.18, 3.02, 3.02.80

1.18 is tiny, keep
others about 1Mb each

> shellutils: 1.12, 2.0j, 2.01

1Mb, 3Mb, 4Mb

> texinfo: 4.0, 4.2

no docs with 4.2