Stephen Gran wrote:
You seem to be massively missing the point. In a short while, there will be signatures in the database that will have the same effect for older versions of clamd, because they will trigger the same bug. Which way would you prefer clamd to die - with a helpful error message, or with a hex string that makes no sense to you? That was the only choice.
So you haven't actually been reading these threads then. It absolutely was **NOT** the only choice, it was the one choice of several that they took. I can think of **at least two** alternatives - one would have required minimal effort (probably less than has been expended in defending the decision) and zero inconvenience for those who run all the latest updates.
So it IS NOT TRUE that there were no other options. It IS NOT TRUE that the only choice was this or have it die n a few weeks with a cryptic error message.
As has already been said - it's done, it's not going to get undone, trust has been severely damaged. But most of all, this constant "it was the only way, anyone affected was a complete imbecile who should be allowed near a computer" attitude really makes you sound like a bunch of people most of us wouldn't want to be associated with. It most certainly doesn't make you sound like the professional sysadmnins that you claim to be.
I think you've got to go to one of a number of churches, or an Apple event, to hear such "this is the one true way" message defended any louder !
There really doesn't seem any point in debating this any more. It's been proven time and time again that the most fervent religous believers won't be for hearing any criticism of their one true way - and that is exactly what these threads have sounded like for those of us "outside the church".
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