YahooGroups files [was: Proposed changes to unit test framework]

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-08 19:33:48

At 07:06 PM 8/8/2001, Daryle Walker wrote:

 >on 8/8/01 8:47 AM, John Max Skaller at skaller_at_[hidden] wrote:
 >
 >> Beman Dawes wrote:
 >>
 >>> This points out a real problem - we are doing a poor job of cleaning 
out
 >old
 >>> files from the fault.  At one point Dave suggested we just clean out
 >>> everything and start over.  It may be time to do just that.
 >>
 >> Use a reaper daemon: delete everything older than say two months. 
Either
 >it
 >> makes it into offical boost CVS, or the supplier updates it, or it 
goes.
 >[Kill
 >> my GC stuff, for example, there's been no interest]
 >
 >If you do something like this, make sure that the formal review schedule 
is
 >fast enough so the reaper won't get a file waiting for review.

I don't think we want an automatic process because of the sort of problem 
you mention.  Maybe just declare a "spring housecleaning" every 6 months or 
so.

I've also added an item to my release checklist to check when a new library 
is going up on the web site, and delete any now obsolete files.

--Beman