--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Volatile Update Announcement VUA 45-1 http://volatile.debian.org debian-volatile@lists.debian.org Marc Haber March 19, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject : Discontinuing clamav-data support for "plain" etch Package : clamav-data The clamav-data packages from volatile will be tested only for clamav in etch-volatile and upwards, but not for clamav in etch any more. Clamav 0.90.1 from Debian etch has issues with current databases: The new signature types introduced a while ago cause the signature parser to be pathologically slow. As a result, a test of the signatures against clamav 0.90.1 takes more than ten minutes. Clamav 0.92 from etch-volatile, lenny and sid does the same job in about ten seconds. Currently, the clamav-data packages that are generated and uploaded to etch-volatile automatically get built on etch, and are tested on etch, etch-volatile, lenny and sid. The build process and the test on etch are responsible for more than 90 % of the average run time. This is a burden which is no longer acceptable for the build infrastructure as clamav currently releases more than ten new database versions on average daily. We are currently missing some releases since the previous database has not been completely built when the next is released. Therefore, starting April 1, 2008, the Debian Volatile project is going to discontinue clamav-data support for plain etch. The clamav-data packages will, starting this day, be built on etch-volatile and only be tested on etch-volatile, lenny and sid. The resulting packages are likely to be useable on plain etch, but this will not be part of the automatic testing process any more. We therefore encourage people still using the clamav engine from etch to upgrade to etch-volatile at the earliest convenience. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835
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