On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Joel Esler <jes...@sourcefire.com> wrote:
> On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:05 PM, Peter Bonivart <boniv...@opencsw.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 9:28 PM, Joel Esler <jes...@sourcefire.com> wrote:
>>> Dear ClamAV users,
>>>
>>> ClamAV 0.97.6 includes minor bug fixes and detection improvements.
>>
>> Wasn't bug 5252 important enough to warrant a minor release? Lots of
>> us had to run patched versions and looking at the change log you fixed
>> a bunch of stuff including 5252 in a couple of weeks after 0.97.5 and
>> then nothing happened for two months when you fixed another bug and
>> made a release. How you just went quiet in the bug notes while so many
>> had big problems makes me wonder how this project is managed nowadays.
>
>
> Yes, and we apologize for the length of time it took to get it out.  We 
> essentially had to completely rebuild several backend systems after the 
> transition from the former team to the current team.  We encountered several 
> more issues than we anticipated, we were able to overcome them, and we're 
> pushing forward with a lot of other rebuilds on our backend to make things 
> faster and provide better coverage.
>
> Again, sorry for the length of time, ClamAV is in good hands and we're moving 
> forward at a rapid pace.  We just have a lot of work to even out the baseline 
> before we can start working up the "tree" as it were.

Ok, thanks for the explanation.

/peter
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