[2588] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Linux Locker Cleanup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Fri Feb 12 00:30:45 1999
To: Jose H Mercado <jmercado@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Feb 1999 21:36:09 EST."
<199902120236.VAA03351@portnoy.mit.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 00:30:27 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
> made a dir for 2.2 placing both 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 in there. Also, would
> anyone mind if RH Linux 3.0.3 and 4.0.0 went away. This just seemd
> like a waste of space to me.
Yes. Please leave them there. For the small amount of space
they take up, it's much more useful to keep them around for
future reference or for cases where they might be needed.
> this. I got rid of the Redhat-Manual-4.0 and replaced it with the
> version for 4.2. I also put the 5.2 version of the manual in the
> locker. I also noticed that the kernel directory needs ot be cleaned
> up.
Thanks.
> Would anyone mind if I got rid of the 2.1 kernels dir? I already
> made a dir for 2.2 placing both 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 in there.
Maybe let Derek remove the 2.1 dir when he's done with it?
He has some stuff in there...
I tend to follow the rule-of-thumb of keeping old stuff around
for a long time, as long as it's not taking up too much space,
is well-organized, and doesn't present a security holes.
Erik
