Bill Maidment wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:51:37 +0100 (BST), G.W. Haywood wrote > > > > My point was that it's ten times as big as it should be and > > apparently it's growing without bound. This is because it contains > > a database, which is of course probably a useless copy of the one > > already on the machine which will be running the new version of > > clamav. If it isn't, that's most probably because it's out of > > date, and it will be deleted. > > > > It's insane. > > > > I agree with the sentiment, but it's not quite insane. > I think it is quite reasonable to provide a complete package that > will give reasonable protection straight "out of the box". > > Perhaps we could have two versions; one with a recent database, and > one with an empty database. Then let the user decide which he > requires.
I'll second that idea. It would reduce the download time of users doing upgrades and at the same time save bandwidth on the servers. -- Bowie _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
