I checked out the Twitter feed when it was announced. I didn't find it useful, primarily because I don't feel the need to know when each update hits. That's what I use freshclam for. As far as DB updates go, the only notification I need is when freshclam fails, or when an unusually long time passes *without* an update.
What I would find useful would be notices of new versions of the program itself (there are times when I'm on Twitter but not email, and vice versa), security bulletins, major virus outbreaks, etc. Something that might prompt user or admin action, or would suggest something I should keep an eye out for. David F. Skoll wrote: > "host -t txt current.cvd.clamav.net" is as easy as using twitter, and > more up-to-date besides. That depends. If you have Twitter up already, say as a desktop app or widget, you don't have to do anything. Much less type out a command with three parameters, or even run a tiny shell script that calls that command. It's like running a feed aggregator that does frequent updates. Push is always easier than pull, once it's set up. The point here doesn't seem to be, "Set up Twitter so you can follow ClamAV" so much as it's, "If you're on Twitter, here's another channel you can use to follow ClamAV." Henrik K wrote: > I can't help thinking that ClamAV staff might have something better to > do than set up such things. Ok, atleast 76 people use it.. It doesn't take that long to set up an automatic process that will post without user intervention, or link an RSS feed to the account. It probably took them less time than it took me to write this email. > How about a blog with some actual content on developing and stuff, instead > of these "hip" services? So blogs are okay now? I thought most techies still considered them to be a newfangled self-important fad not worth the neologism. :-P Besides, running a blog with, as you say, "actual content" takes a *lot* more time than setting up Twitter. I can say that from experience. -- Kelson Vibber SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net> _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
