Re: Updating scanners and filters in Debian stable (3.1)
Noah Meyerhans <noahm@debian.org> writes:
> The real problem is that it's not uncommon for these packages to change
> database formats during the course of their development. That happened
> with both snort and ClamAV, and possibly others, since woody was
> released. New rules are being released regularly in the new database
> formats, but not in the old formats. Thus, the packages in stable are
> useless. [1] We either need to be able to update from e.g. snort 0.8 to
> snort 0.9 with a stable point release, or we need to completely exclude
> packages like snort from stable releases. I believe the latter option
> is a disservice to our users, as is the status quo.
Right. Use the security archive, we already have this feature. No
need to re-invent the wheel.
Reply to: