From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com (mailomta2-sa.btinternet.com [213.120.69.8]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E34923858D28 for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:19:59 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org E34923858D28 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=dronecode.org.uk Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=dronecode.org.uk Received: from sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net ([10.2.38.7]) by sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com with ESMTP id <20220129151958.YJVG14747.sa-prd-fep-042.btinternet.com@sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net> for ; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:19:58 +0000 Authentication-Results: btinternet.com; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=jonturney@btinternet.com; bimi=skipped X-SNCR-Rigid: 613943C6133E48F3 X-Originating-IP: [81.129.146.209] X-OWM-Source-IP: 81.129.146.209 (GB) X-OWM-Env-Sender: jonturney@btinternet.com X-VadeSecure-score: verdict=clean score=0/300, class=clean X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvvddrfeejgdejiecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemuceutffkvffkuffjvffgnffgvefqofdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeflohhnucfvuhhrnhgvhicuoehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeffkeeigfdujeehteduiefgjeeltdelgeelteekudetfedtffefhfeufefgueettdenucfkphepkedurdduvdelrddugeeirddvtdelnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfrrghrrghmpehhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddurddutdefngdpihhnvghtpeekuddruddvledrudegiedrvddtledpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehjohhnrdhtuhhrnhgvhiesughrohhnvggtohguvgdrohhrghdruhhkpdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdhrtghpthhtoheptgihghifihhnqdgrphhpshestgihghifihhnrdgtohhm X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean Received: from [192.168.1.103] (81.129.146.209) by sa-prd-rgout-004.btmx-prd.synchronoss.net (5.8.716.04) (authenticated as jonturney@btinternet.com) id 613943C6133E48F3 for cygwin-apps@cygwin.com; Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:19:58 +0000 Message-ID: <7081dd4b-ce5f-a08a-06cb-c01e843219d8@dronecode.org.uk> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:19:34 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.5.1 Subject: Re: A change to how calm expires packages Content-Language: en-GB To: "cygwin-apps@cygwin.com" References: <84e66513-3b8f-9c77-4d60-6b816a9eea7c@dronecode.org.uk> From: Jon Turney In-Reply-To: <84e66513-3b8f-9c77-4d60-6b816a9eea7c@dronecode.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1192.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FORGED_SPF_HELO, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NONE, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 15:20:01 -0000 On 20/01/2022 14:33, Jon Turney wrote: > > To try to avoid packages lingering in the 'test' status indefinitely > (which leads to them not being installed by most users, as they don't > run setup with 'consider test packages' enabled, thus these packages > generally aren't getting used, so having them isn't generating much > value), I'm planning to change how calm expires packages: > > Currently (in the absence of configuration otherwise [1]), calm will > retain up to 3 non-test versions, and 3 test versions, and expire all > other versions. > > I plan to change this to also expire test versions which are superseded > by a non-test version (that is: expire test versions where a non-test > version with a higher version number exists). > > I believe this makes the default behaviour closer to what package > maintainers are likely to want to happen. This change has been deployed.