Obsolete:Upload directory restructure proposal

From Wikitech
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Current

  • upload3/
    • private/
      • wikipedia/en/
        • 0/0/0/*
    • wikipedia/en/
      • 0/0/*
      • thumb/
        • 0/0/*
      • archive/
        • 0/0/*
      • temp/
        • *

Proposed

  • upload/
    • wikipedia/en/
      • 0/0/*
      • archive/
        • 0/0/*
  • thumb/
    • wikipedia/en/
      • 0/0/*
  • private/
    • wikipedia/en/
      • 0/0/0/*
      • temp/
        • *

Advantage: Easier to make bulk copies, for instance plopping the whole public upload area onto a public rsync server.