On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 12:05:57 -0700 Jim Preston <jimli...@commspeed.net> articulated:
> > > On 02/28/2011 08:56 PM, Nathan Gibbs wrote: > > It personally wouldn't matter to me as I am running 0.97 on my > > servers. So why am I fussing? > > > > Last April when 0.96 was rolled out, some of out servers couldn't > > be upgraded. Fortunately, by August the ClamAV Team fixed whatever > > was broken in the first couple of 0.96 releases, and we were able > > to upgrade the remaining systems. However, if the DB issues had > > occurred then, I would have been one of the 0.95x users posting to > > this list. > > > > Of course, the list response to someone running an old version is > > UPGRADE you lazy, worthless, sysadmin wannabe. > > > > Sometime Upgrade isn't a realistic possibility in their shop, and > > amazingly has little to do with their intelligence, professional > > ability, or their parentage. > > :-) > > > > 11 months ago 0.95.x was the latest Clamav > > I just think that the support cutout should have a time constraint > > ORed with the existing version constraint. > > Just my 2 cents. > I do empathize with your issue of upgrading a package is difficult in > some circumstances. I would probably be considered one of the lazy, > worthless, sysadmin wannabes (and of course have been called much > worse on this list) because I run an extremely old OS, FC7. However, > when a new package doesn't work or an update breaks something, I do > not jump on a list and berate the developers. I ask questions (or at > least used to but have such experience now forcing updates) and > struggle till I get the update working. Many times this means going > to other lists or looking for pre-compiled solutions. Getting to FC7 > was one of these although I do not remember the reason at this time. > Something would not work in FC6 so I upgraded to FC7. I have so many > customizations that I am just too lazy to do a fresh install and redo > all the customizations. I have that on my never ending to-do list > though and will one day join the 21st century. A system should serve your needs, not its. It sounds to me like you have become a slave to yours. Any properly maintained system needs some degree of personalizing; ie, configuration. However, if yours is so extremely personalized that keeping it maintained in a timely matter has become all but impossible I would question your approach. Then again, what ever turns you on. -- Jerry ✌ clamav.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
