To the #FOSS / #FLOSS folks out there:

#FLOSS maintainers often maintain an archive of old, sometimes *really* old source releases (source tarballs, typically).

In this day and age, especially with existing git and readily available repositories with appropriate tags, one might wonder if maintaining an old archive is still useful, and why.

Anyone want to share their perspective on this?

(I have no particular opinion in the matter, so am all ears)