deprecation of buildinfo.debian.net (NOT buildinfos.debian.net)

[Chris Lamb]

Holger Levsen wrote:

>> 25G was an accurate account of the database dump.
>> 
>> However, buildinfo.debian.net was storing the underlying .buildinfo
>> files in an S3 bucket. This contains 670GB of data spread across 84
>> million files.
>
> I'd still only keep those 25gb, if at all. And drop the s3 bucket.

Great, I'll generate that database dump now and keep the S3 bucket
around for another 30 days just in case.

> After all, these are probably all test builds plus builds which have 
> their .buildinfo files stored on buildinfos.debian.net, so I wouldn't
> bother with those hundreds of gigabytes.

Those hundreds of gigabytes would also explain why my S3 bill was
always a little bigger than it should. 🙃

> when should we drop buildinfo.debian.net from DNS? June 1st 2026? Never?
> Some other date?

Let's keep it for at least a year. Seems unlikely that someone
unrelated to RB would have a use for this alias anyway.


Regards,

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