Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Bill Taroli
Matt Fretwell wrote: Bill Taroli wrote: I completely agree with your point. But taken from a different perspective, this may be one reason to justify that such a product not be used in production IT environments. The point should *not* be missed that something so crucial to one's infrastructu

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread John Phillips
The windows nasty business is a very dynamic world. The frequent releases are mostly responses to these changes. Thanks for a great job ! John Phillips I remember when FLYING was FUN and TV was FREE. On Fri, 13 May 2005, Bill Taroli wrote: > Matt Fretwell wrote: > > > Mark wrote: > > > > >

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Matt Fretwell
Bill Taroli wrote: > I completely agree with your point. But taken from a different > perspective, this may be one reason to justify that such a product not > be used in production IT environments. The point should *not* be missed > that something so crucial to one's infrastructure -- that you

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Ed
Nigel Horne wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 18:20, Daniel J McDonald wrote: On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 10:11 -0700, Bill Taroli wrote: Matt Fretwell wrote: I completely agree with your point. But taken from a different perspective, this may be one reason to justify that such a product not

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Nigel Horne
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 18:20, Daniel J McDonald wrote: > On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 10:11 -0700, Bill Taroli wrote: > > Matt Fretwell wrote: > > > I completely agree with your point. But taken from a different > > perspective, this may be one reason to justify that such a product not > > be used in pr

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Daniel J McDonald
On Fri, 2005-05-13 at 10:11 -0700, Bill Taroli wrote: > Matt Fretwell wrote: > I completely agree with your point. But taken from a different > perspective, this may be one reason to justify that such a product not > be used in production IT environments. The point should *not* be missed > that

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-13 Thread Bill Taroli
Matt Fretwell wrote: Mark wrote: I understood your point perfectly. Why upgrade, using precious time, when another upgrade may be required very shortly, requiring said time to again be used. I am just pointing out a pitfall. There is always a good excuse not to do something. It is, however, exac

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Samuel Benzaquen wrote: > That is why they are called (I.T|Network) Administrators. > > > > Your are right. We are paid. > Our time is company money and if the product needs too much Admin time, > then it is not that _gratis_ as we presented it to our bosses in the > first place. Nothing is tru

RE: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Samuel Benzaquen
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Fretwell > And yes, I will echo what Tomasz said in this regard. These > gentleman|lady admins are paid to keep these systems in prime working > condition, inclusive of updates for new threats or sec

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Scott Plumee
Gee, my own little flame war. Not my intention when I asked the original question. Here's how my thoughts went: 1. The developers obviously thought that the changes since 0.84 were significant enough to release a new version, and obviously hoped that people would upgrade to 0.85. 2. Sin

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Mark wrote: > > I understood your point perfectly. Why upgrade, using > > precious time, when another upgrade may be required very shortly, > > requiring said time to again be used. I am just pointing out a > > pitfall. There is always a good excuse not to do something. It is, > > however, exactly

RE: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Mark
Phil wrote: > Thats fine and dandy when you only have one box to upgrade. I think > the original question is valid. .84 lasted what? Week and a half, > maybe two. Only too recently, I myself have argued in favor of a short waiting period before upgrading -- precisely to avoid your typical "oopse

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Phil Schilling
On May 12, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Nigel Horne wrote: Ok, your better than me. Still didn't get my point though and I don't have a we to do it. You could always employ me to do it for you... You get me clients to understand why they need to pay bi-weekly for upgrades, I will. ;-) Phil

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Matt Fretwell wrote: > not do do something That should have been, 'not to do something'. Matt ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Phil Schilling wrote: > > Finding time to do anything is not easy. We still cope :) > Ok, your better than me. Still didn't get my point though and I > don't have a we to do it. I understood your point perfectly. Why upgrade, using precious time, when another upgrade may be required very

RE: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Nigel Horne
> with testing on each, it does take a little but of that "free time". :) Well, you can employ me as well ;-) > Rob -Nigel ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

RE: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Nigel Horne
> Ok, your better than me. Still didn't get my point though and I > don't have a we to do it. You could always employ me to do it for you... > Phil -Nigel ___ http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Rob Mangiafico
> Phil Schilling wrote: > > > > Not the most taxing of procedures. > > > > Point still missed. I never said it was hard. But 2 hours of time to > > upgrade and test all boxes is not easy to come by. Phil, do not feel alone. There are many of us that have the same type of question in the sam

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Phil Schilling
On May 12, 2005, at 10:43 AM, Matt Fretwell wrote: Phil Schilling wrote: Not the most taxing of procedures. Point still missed. I never said it was hard. But 2 hours of time to upgrade and test all boxes is not easy to come by. Finding time to do anything is not easy. We still cope :) Ok, you

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Phil Schilling wrote: > > Not the most taxing of procedures. > Point still missed. I never said it was hard. But 2 hours of time to > upgrade and test all boxes is not easy to come by. Finding time to do anything is not easy. We still cope :) Matt

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Phil Schilling
On May 12, 2005, at 10:04 AM, Matt Fretwell wrote: Jason Frisvold wrote: On 5/12/05, Phil Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thats fine and dandy when you only have one box to upgrade. I think the original question is valid. .84 lasted what? Week and a half, maybe two. And yes I am a contribu

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Dennis Peterson
Phil Schilling wrote: On May 12, 2005, at 8:48 AM, Kenneth Byrne wrote: Upgrading took me less than 5 minutes earlier this morning (including configure/make times on a RH3 box running postfix+amavisd), while the number of fixes may look small its always wise to run the most recent releases.. if

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Matt Fretwell
Jason Frisvold wrote: > On 5/12/05, Phil Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thats fine and dandy when you only have one box to upgrade. I think > > the original question is valid. .84 lasted what? Week and a half, > > maybe two. And yes I am a contributor. > > I package it in an RPM and

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Jason Frisvold
On 5/12/05, Phil Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thats fine and dandy when you only have one box to upgrade. I think > the original question is valid. .84 lasted what? Week and a half, > maybe two. And yes I am a contributor. I package it in an RPM and use up2date (or preferred rpm handl

Re: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Phil Schilling
On May 12, 2005, at 8:48 AM, Kenneth Byrne wrote: Upgrading took me less than 5 minutes earlier this morning (including configure/make times on a RH3 box running postfix+amavisd), while the number of fixes may look small its always wise to run the most recent releases.. if only because it means

RE: [Clamav-users] Upgrade to 0.85 or wait for 0.86

2005-05-12 Thread Kenneth Byrne
Upgrading took me less than 5 minutes earlier this morning (including configure/make times on a RH3 box running postfix+amavisd), while the number of fixes may look small its always wise to run the most recent releases.. if only because it means the next version change is then a smaller hop away.