[Artifactory] Removal of jcenter-cache repository

[Darin Pope]

On Monday, May 5, 2025, I will be removing the jcenter-cache repository from repo.jenkins-ci.org as part of the Artifactory storage reduction project. The size of the repository is 2.34TB.

This repository is not in any active virtual repository, nor is it accessible publicly to anyone.

I have a clone of the repository locally as does Mark Waite in case we need to get any files from the repository in the future. 

The plan is to start the removal process between 10:00am and 11:00am Central (3:00pm-4:00pm UTC). I will post back to this thread when starting and when complete.

If anyone has any objections, please post here before then.

NOTE: I will *not* be deleting jcenter-orphans(-cache), only jcenter(-cache).

Thanks,

Darin

[Darin Pope]

I issued a delete for the jcenter repo at 11:16am Central Daylight Time. Since the repo is so large, it will take some time for it to delete. I will update again after the delete is complete.

[Darin Pope]

As of 10:00am Central Daylight Time on 2025-05-09, I've confirmed that jcenter(-cache) has been completely removed from Artifactory.

Darin