On 05/03/2010 18:54, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday 04 March 2010 11:08:52 Samuli Suominen wrote:
>    
>> Attached you can find the news item for up coming profile cleanup.
>>      
> do profiles really need to be culled this often ?  we used to let the tail run
> longer and no one complained.  it's easier to upgrade an old system when the
> current profile is sane than having to create one from scratch because the new
> profile uses features not actively available.
>
> i.e. let's set a limit of like 3 years on profiles
> -mike
>    

I think I have mostly upgraded my machines, but I completely agree - I 
sometimes let some old virtual machines sit unbooted for a year and then 
suddenly want to use them and bring them up to date and occasionally 
this can be a right old pain in the derrier...

Surely 4 months is too short a warning for profiles which can easily be 
simply left to rot instead?