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I understand their intentions for doing this - i don't agree with them. My initial reaction was 'sleep mode' may be better and alert people to either log in and "activate" their repo.

Once again, i don't agree with deleting dormant projects, I'm just curious what an alternative solution is?

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> My initial reaction was 'sleep mode' may be better and alert people to either log in and "activate" their repo.

That's what they ended up deciding to do

> We reached a decision to move unused repos to object storage. Once implemented, they will still be accessible but take a bit longer to access after a long period of inactivity.

Is saving static data really a huge cost sink for them? Seems kind of weird to have a business model of storing and handling highly dynamic data only to come down hard on the easiest use case of the product.

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