On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Tim Bunce wrote: > I suspect some authors forget about purging because there's > nothing to remind them about it (I know I'm guilty of that). > Some authors might not be aware of purging at all. > > When an author uploads to PAUSE (or clicks the button to take > ownership of a previous ftp upload) PAUSE currently returns them > to the same page with with some words added to the top about > how to track progress. > > If, instead, it took them to the Delete Modules page[1] (with the > same words added to the top) it would act as a clear reminder that > uploads should be balanced by purging of old versions.
and/or it might help if the e-mails the author gets when s/he uploads a new version would include a reminder to purge the old version with a link to the [1] page. Gabor
