Is there a script to remove old packages from local disk

[Christopher Faylor]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30:38AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 08:39:05AM -0400, Ralph Hempel wrote:
>>>Whenever the next round of changes to setup happens, and the talk gets
>>>around to "Removing the Download to Local Directory" or "Should we
>>>Delete the Downloaded Files", please consider saying "No" to both
>>>proposals.  :-)
>>
>>Why do you expand this to mean something that I never implied?  I never
>>said that we should remove "Download to Local Directory".
>
>Because there's no point to having a separate download to local
>directory if you're going to erase the files later.  The dangers of
>leaping to conclusions based on what I think you are thinking is
>becoming apparent.

>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>I think setup really should just delete the files when it is done with
>>them if you choose "install from internet"

"install from internet" != "install from local directory"

cgf

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