Release and Archive repository changes for Puppet software

[Eric Griswold]

Hello Puppet Users & Developers,

The release repositories for Puppet software, yum.puppet.com,
apt.puppet.com, and downloads.puppet.com have grown quite large.

To help with our release process we will be regularly removing releases
from these repositories that are more than three years old.

An archive repository, release-archives.puppet.com, is available for
anyone needing to locate older Puppet software.

I'm happy to answer any questions or comments.

Eric Griswold
Release Engineer

[Rob Kenefeck]

Hi Eric, when will this be happening?

[Michael Watters]

Also, does the release-archives site have rsync enabled?

[Eric Griswold]

We've already done a first, trial run. Regular purges will likely begin
mid-to-late September and run once every week.

release-archives is already synced weekly on Mondays, Pacific Time.

Purges from yum, apt, and downloads will be scheduled locally on
Tuesdays. However, this is an internal purge that
will not necessarily be synced to the outside. Purge synchronization
timing is yet to be decided.

Eric