Thien-Thi Nguyen <ttn@gnu.org>:
> () "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
> () Sat, 25 Jan 2014 14:54:01 -0500
> 
>    That is true.  But beware of misleading analogies!  Archeologists
>    like the seams mainly because stratigraphy helps them date things.
> 
> Repo contents is first order information.  Higher order is: What are
> the structures that hold the repo contents (i.e., what is the VCS)?;
> What are the factors in its choice?; Why are hackers so human?; ...

I agree that may be of intyerest at some far future time.  For that reason,
and others, I do recommend theat old repositories be archived rather than
deleted out of hand.
-- 
		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>