RFC: Old packages remain on the mirrors for one week

[Richard Hughes]

On 12 August 2013 16:07, Mathieu Bridon <bochecha at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> In fact, how do you even know that there is a new package without
> downloading the new metadata?

We do download the new metadata, but in a temp "throwaway" location
(only the repomd and updateinfo) -- in an ideal world we'd have
something smaller for checking frequently.

Richard.