On Mon, Dec 20, 1999 at 05:49:29PM +0000, Andy Doran wrote:
> I think the argument against this is that some mirror sites pay for
> bandwidth on a you-have-sent-or-recieved-n-bytes basis. Frequently
> generating snapshots would raise their costs.

If we get rid of old snapshots quickly, and the pay-by-byte mirrors
aren't updating frequently, it shouldn't affect them.  What's the point
of running a mirror with frequent updates unless you're expecting them.
:)

There's also nothing stopping Skots from setting up his own sup / ftp
server if the bandwidth is available.

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