[Mageia-dev] freez push clamav-0.97.4

Mon Mar 26 05:39:34 CEST 2012

On Saturday, March 24, 2012 04:21:36 PM Colin Guthrie wrote:
+> '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
+Sorry, I was busy last night and today with non Linux related staff and wanted 
+to give this as much time as possible to be tested
+The upgrade isn't necessarily needed. The new package provides some bug fixes 
+as provieded on their web site. See below.
+But if we don't do it, users will soon after the release get the message they 
+your clamav version is outdated. Do we want that?
+
+********************
+ClamAV 0.97.4 has been released!
+
+March 19th, 2012 Posted by - webmaster
+
+ClamAV 0.97.4 includes minor bugfixes, detection improvements and
+initial support for on-access scanning under Mac OS X (see
+contrib/ClamAuth).
+
+This update is recommended for all users.
+
+*****************************************
+
+-- 
+Best regards
+Thomas Spuhler
+