Re: Deltad archive (WAS: Re: [Gnewsense-dev] Two non-free programs in gNewSense)

[Sam Geeraerts]

Karl Goetz schreef:
> On Sun, 16 Aug 2009 17:23:25 -0400
> Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> >     > http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-deltad/pool/universe/d/d4x/
> >     > http://archive.gnewsense.org/gnewsense-deltad/pool/universe/i/ivman/
> >
> >     Its our 1.x release - the archive is only available for systems
> > still running 1.x/historical interest.
> >
> > Please delete the non-free programs from those archives too.
> > Just being in an old release doesn't make it ok to distribute
> > proprietary software.
>
> Can anyone think of a good reason to keep these repos public facing?
> We may be required to keep the source 'net facing, but the binaries?
>
> I'm wondering this since its meant to be a dead release. If its still
> going to take dev power to maintain, perhaps its easier to keep it
> properly retired.

I was thinking the same thing. I'd be surprised if anyone uses deltad 
anymore. You could ask on the gnewsense-users mailing list for good form.