This one time, at band camp, Thomas Bushnell BSG said: > Stephen Gran <sgran@debian.org> writes: > > > This is exactly the problem. I don't think that most people actually > > think it would be better to release either no AV/spam/whatever software > > or useless software. I am getting the impression that people don't want > > to disrupt the stability of the rest of the archive in order to provide > > useful tools that must evolve rapidly, and this is difficult to resolve. > > You are incorrect. You can certainly provide the useful tools, but > you need to do the evolution in concert with the security team > following its normal procedures. I am under the impression that 'normal procedures' does not involve updating the application to catch new threats. If I'm wrong, then there is no need for this entire thread. Look, I don't want to drag this out. I am hoping for a straight forward 'yes, it will be OK to upload new versions to catch new threats' or 'no, stable is stable' type response. If it's the latter, I don't see that programs like clam or spamassassin (or IDS's, etc) belong in stable, since they become outdated so quickly, and I'll file a bug to remove clam from sarge. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ,''`. Stephen Gran | | : :' : sgran@debian.org | | `. `' Debian user, admin, and developer | | `- http://www.debian.org | -----------------------------------------------------------------
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