deleting AppDB deleted

[Richard S]

Hi

Im one of the maintainers of the iTunes 6.x (was)

On Saturday I received this email

'
Subject: 	[AppDB] Version '6.x' of 'iTunes' deleted
Date: 	Sat, 08 Dec 2007 12:15:45 -0600 (18:15 GMT)

Version '6.x' of 'iTunes' deleted
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The action was performed by Wesley Hamel
Reasons given
Cleanup
'

Is it standard practice to remove all old versions of a program except for the
most recent?

IF this is true, WHY?

Rich