Re: Move dev release tarballs to GitHub?

[email protected] (Robert Spier) Tue, 12 Apr 2022 19:09:30 -0700
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Thank you!

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 6:43 AM Ricardo Signes <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, at 13:52, Ricardo Signes wrote:
>
> To test how well the tools will work when the release is only on backpan,
> I have boldly deleted 5.11.4 via PAUSE.  I'll check back on this in a week.
>
>
> Looking good.  "plenv install" finds the file at metacpan, which, it
> appears, is actually a backpan mirror.  This suggests that we can safely
> delete these old dev versions.
>
> We can leave them on backpan and, if we like, we can upload them to GitHub
> as releases there, although I'm not sure there's much value in doing so.
>
> I can easily start by deleting my old dev releases.  I think it's
> reasonable to suggest we delete older official dev releases wherever they
> are.  We can update the PAUSE operating model to make this explicit.
>
> Any thoughts on all this?
>
> --
> rjbs
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thank you!</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 6:43 AM Ricardo Signes &=
lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
xome.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D=
"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-le=
ft:1ex"><u></u><div><div>On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, at 13:52, Ricardo Signes wrot=
e:<br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite" id=3D"gmail-m_2957114511454938309qt">=
<div>To test how well the tools will work when the release is only on backp=
an, I have boldly deleted 5.11.4 via PAUSE.=C2=A0 I&#39;ll check back on th=
is in a week.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Looking good.=C2=A0=
 &quot;plenv install&quot; finds the file at metacpan, which, it appears, i=
s actually a backpan mirror.=C2=A0 This suggests that we can safely delete =
these old dev versions.<br></div><div><br></div><div>We can leave them on b=
ackpan and, if we like, we can upload them to GitHub as releases there, alt=
hough I&#39;m not sure there&#39;s much value in=C2=A0doing so.<br></div><d=
iv><br></div><div>I can easily start by deleting my old dev releases.=C2=A0=
 I think it&#39;s reasonable to suggest we delete older official dev releas=
es wherever they are.=C2=A0 We can update the PAUSE operating model to make=
 this explicit.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts on all this?</div=
><div><br></div><div>--=C2=A0<br></div><div>rjbs</div></div></blockquote></=
div>

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