I can't believe this thread. This is like biting the hand that feeds. I upgrade Clam every time there's a new release. Across 20+ servers. Maybe the guys who are complaining should get into this habit too.
It's just good practice if you want a secure antivirus solution. Do you think they are improving and extending the product for their own health? No. It's for the users. Stop being so lazy. > On 4/21/10 8:03 PM, Steve Wray wrote: > >> >> I believe that best practice with this sort of thing is to only issue >> warnings and not to actually force a potentially harmful change without >> *express* consent of the user. > > Suggest at least one way to inform all the users successfully that > obsolete > software is going to die soon - and don't let it slip past you in your > solution > that the ClamAV people have know way of knowing who they need to inform. > And > recall too, this: Filling their logs with warnings didn't work. Posting > the > notice on the front page of their website didn't work. Running commentary > in > this list didn't work. Announcing it in their Announcements list didn't > work. > > You don't know a way, they don't know a way, and I know for a fact it > cannot be > done, and the reasons why have been listed and the results show that > despite > adequate notification, some people failed to heed. They have to explain > this > inadequacy to management. It must have been a long day for them. I'm over > it. > > What the team did worked for me, but I pay attention - it's my job. And > you know > something? It really wasn't difficult. It takes me maybe 10 minutes to > deal with > a ClamAV upgrade and less time to discover one is necessary. > > We're left with this: The "problem" affected only those that did not pay > adequate attention. There is no cure for that. > > So here's a message to everyone that was surprised: PAY ATTENTION because > there's going to be a next time! > > dp > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/ml > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
