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On 05/03/2010 18:54, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> On Thursday 04 March 2010 11:08:52 Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>> Attached you can find the news item for up coming profile cleanup. |
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> do profiles really need to be culled this often ? we used to let the tail run |
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> longer and no one complained. it's easier to upgrade an old system when the |
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> current profile is sane than having to create one from scratch because the new |
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> profile uses features not actively available. |
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> i.e. let's set a limit of like 3 years on profiles |
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> -mike |
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I think I have mostly upgraded my machines, but I completely agree - I |
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sometimes let some old virtual machines sit unbooted for a year and then |
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suddenly want to use them and bring them up to date and occasionally |
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this can be a right old pain in the derrier... |
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Surely 4 months is too short a warning for profiles which can easily be |
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simply left to rot instead? |
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