Re: Old versions directories on the ftp site

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 19:44, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
>> We have a policy to keep two (IIRC) versions of each version in the
>> ftp site. How about we stick a README file in all the ones that are
>> not current saying something along the line of "NOTE! This is an old
>> release available for historical reasons only. You should probably use
>> the latest one". That will automatically render it up on the website,
>> which should make it at least theoretically possible that someone
>> reads it..
>
> I thought all the really old versions were pushed over to ftp-archive
> already?
>
> I should think that someone who chooses to look into an 8.1
> subdirectory, when there are 8.2 etc right next to it, is already
> well aware that he's grabbing an old version.  I'm not sure that
> this proposal offers more than an annoying nag message.

I'm not talking about 8.1 vs 8.2. I'm talking about 8.4.3 vs 8.4.5.
And I'm aiming at people following direct links from other sites (or
our own news)

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