On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 04:23:18PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <[email protected]>, lee wrote: > >On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:03:29PM -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > >> >> Older releases are maintained in the archive > >> >For 30 years or more? > >> From what I understand, that is the plan. The archive currently goes > >> back to the first release of Debian. > >It may be planned to do that, but that doesn't mean that it will be > >done. > > And when we have done it for 30 years, you or your successor will simply up > the number to something that is longer than the lifespan of the Debian > project so you don't have to be without your strawman.
You can consider the problem of keeping data readable and usable over long periods of time a "strawman" all you want. If you have data that you want to still be able to read/use after a long time, you might have a problem that is somewhat difficult to solve. It's up to you if you want to rely on external sources like Debian archives being available for a long time or not. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
