On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 02:46:01AM +0000, Nick Boyce wrote: > I'd suggest maybe a note about V1.8.4 being "useless" should be added > to http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/snort.html, along with some > advice about getting signature updates (i.e. roll your own). Why not file a bug? > > IIRC "important new versions of existing packages" are allowed into > point releases, so maybe Woody's main Snort engine binary packages can > be updated when 3.0r1 happens. That won't happen sorry. That's just not the way Debian works, 3.0r1 will have no new code, just important bug (and security) fixes. > > And I still think it'd be nice if we could find a way to package up > and push out stable signature updates - but I can see why that would > be difficult to set policy for. > The problem is that if the snort people change the engine _and_ the rulebase then Debian can never support new rules for old (stable) releases (which could be asked for point releases). Regards Javi
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