MLDS as the sole distribution platform
Has everyone successfully used MLDS to access the Release packages now?
We have purposefully not uploaded older versions of Release packages (especially those from more than 2 years ago), as although normal Release Management calls for a clear audit trail going back as far as possible, in our particular case it’s potentially dangerous to have old, outdated data available for people to accidentally use. Archived packages therefore, will be available on request only, with valid reasons stated - are there any perceivable problems with this approach?
Everyone is happy with this approach, so long as the older releases are available on demand for anyone who has a potentially valid use cases (research purposes, etc). All on board with n-1 or n-2 in terms of actual releases rather than years, so could cut it down even further in future (especially given the inherent audit trail within the terminology)
Andrew Atkinson has considered further reducing the available releases to n-2 versions rather than n-2 years, and is now confirming that this will be implemented going forward in MLDS.
Any objections?
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