On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:00:40PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
also sprach Johannes Rohr <j.rohr@gmx.de> [2004.09.13.2128 +0200]:
f-prot-installer downloads both the scanner engine as well as
virus definitions from the vendor's FTP site. However, if they
decide to change FTP location, the layout of their tarballs or
their own update script, the installer will break. Would this
warrant an update to stable?
No,
Why not? If the package has been completely broken by external factors,
that certainly justifies updating stable.
but you could make it get the URL from a page under your control.
That's what I do with my own f-prot package.
That would avoid the problem happening in the first place, of course.
(However, $DEITY forbid, you might be hit by a bus and then somebody
else would have to figure out how to regain control of the package, but
that's less likely ...)