Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Vincent Stemen
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 07:24:39PM -0700, Matthew Dillon wrote: > I don't see any major problem keeping as much as 2-years worth of > packages around. Security issues do crop up but from the point > of view of someone having to make the choice between spending > 5 minutes adding an

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Matthew Dillon
I don't see any major problem keeping as much as 2-years worth of packages around. Security issues do crop up but from the point of view of someone having to make the choice between spending 5 minutes adding an older version of a package verses potentially a day upgrading the e

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Wed, September 23, 2009 6:26 am, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > It is really bad to keep around packages we don't build anymore, because > they get outdated and accumulate security problems. And we don't have > the resources to keep building packages. > > I think we should keep around what

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Jordan Gordeev
Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: It is really bad to keep around packages we don't build anymore, because they get outdated and accumulate security problems. And we don't have the resources to keep building packages. I think we should keep around what we can build for at the moment, and not

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Vincent Stemen
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:26:31PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > Vincent Stemen wrote: >> On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:05:40 -0400 (EDT), Justin C. Sherrill wrote: >>> Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the >>> 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this wil

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Avalos
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:26:31PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote: > > It is really bad to keep around packages we don't build anymore, > because they get outdated and accumulate security problems. And we > don't have the resources to keep building packages. > > I think we should keep ar

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-23 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Vincent Stemen wrote: On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:05:40 -0400 (EDT), Justin C. Sherrill wrote: Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this will cause you trouble, please speak up. The plan is to keep packages for the current r

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-22 Thread Vincent Stemen
On Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:05:40 -0400 (EDT), Justin C. Sherrill wrote: > Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the > 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this will cause you trouble, > please speak up. > > The plan is to keep packages for the current release (2.4) an

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-22 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
On Tue, September 22, 2009 10:00 am, Jordan Gordeev wrote: >> > Who is gonna be hurt if 2.0 packages remain available? > "Current + previous release" is the plan for keeping the packages around; at some point they are not useful any more, and this plan gives them a year of life. We can extend thi

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-22 Thread Simon 'corecode' Schubert
Jordan Gordeev wrote: Justin C. Sherrill wrote: Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this will cause you trouble, please speak up. The plan is to keep packages for the current release (2.4) and the previous release (2.

Re: 2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-22 Thread Jordan Gordeev
Justin C. Sherrill wrote: Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this will cause you trouble, please speak up. The plan is to keep packages for the current release (2.4) and the previous release (2.2), which gives us a bi

2.0 packages being removed from avalon

2009-09-22 Thread Justin C. Sherrill
Since 2.4 is out, and we'll have binary pkgsrc packages for it soon, the 2.0 packages are due to be removed. If this will cause you trouble, please speak up. The plan is to keep packages for the current release (2.4) and the previous release (2.2), which gives us a binary package retention schedu