[Mageia-dev] freez push clamav-0.97.4

Sun Mar 25 17:07:24 CEST 2012

Op zondag 25 maart 2012 00:21:36 schreef Colin Guthrie:
+> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Spuhler at 24/03/12 22:49 did gyre and gimble:
+> > On Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:36:06 PM Sander Lepik wrote:
+> >> On Mar 24, 2012 9:13 PM, "Thomas Spuhler" <thomas at btspuhler.com> wrote:
+> >>> please push clamav-0.97.4
+> >>> --
+> >>> Best regards
+> >>> Thomas Spuhler
+> >> 
+> >> Why?
+> >> 
+> >> --
+> >> Sander
+> > 
+> > it's an upgrade from 0.97.4
+> > We need to provide the newest version of the antivirus package
+> 
+> This, by itself, is not a very good explanation.
+> 
+> If this is purely a definitions update then that's fine.
+> If this is a bugfix update that's probably fine too (depending on the bug)
+> If it's a new feature update then that likely won't make it.
+> 
+> People are all very busy. It only takes the person requesting the push a
+> minute or two to describe things properly. Please give your busy
+> colleagues the respect they deserve and provide good explanations to
+> save them having to spend time discussing and asking further questions.
+> 
+> We still don't really have enough information to decide on this one!
+> 
+> So please state whether it's just definitions or bugfix (and if so what
+> bugs) etc.
+> 
+> Col
+
+IIUC older clamav engines aren't supported, and stop working. but the reason 
+given was indeed not enough.
+
+keep in mind that new features for this often means a security fix :-D
+
+i think this'll likely go through, but the original poster should check to see 
+how things are, and report them accurately.
+