On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:29:17 -0500 Nathan Gibbs <nat...@cmpublishers.com> articulated:
> * Török Edwin wrote: > > but apparently people running 0.95 care more about clamd "working" > > than actually detecting malware. > > > > 0.95 working equals more protection than 0.95 not working. > > I will concede that its not the best solution, but its better than no > solution. Yes & yes. > My opinion on reasonable backwards compatibility > ( probably not worth much ) > > 2-3 years of backwards compatibility sounds right. > 2 years would put us back to 0.94x > 3 years would put us back to 0.92x > > A flag day now and then (0.94.x DB issue) is OK, but not as a > regularly scheduled event. > Whats the point of putting the latest Clamav on a system when the Dev > team is going to break it in a matter of months. I am not aware of the team issuing a new major version number that they then break in a few months with a new major version update. > If I wanted that experience I'd use MS products exclusively. > :-) Strangely enough, I find using old MS based products far easier than FOSS in many respects. Even old DOS based programs can be made to run under Windows (sometimes). However, that has nothing to do with this discussion. > I do appreciate the efforts of the ClamAV Team in providing a viable > Open Source AV Solution. > But as I've said before, the treatment of the user base leaves > somewhat to be desired. At some point the end user has to accept his/her responsibility for keeping their machines properly updated. I am not talking about every day, but at least every few months, six at most, a user should inventory their system and take appropriate maintenance. To expect others to waste valuable time in developing a product and keeping it fully compatible with older versions is ludicrous. “If you blame others for your failures, do you credit them with your success?” -- Jerry ✌ clamav.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ Cleanliness is next to impossible.
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