On 7/24/2020 3:59 AM, Marc Roos wrote: > >> you will be able to change 1 byte in the code and get the previous > rule names. > > This sounds to me like putting somewhere the character 0 or 1, which > means that blacklist and whitelist words are still defined somewhere in > the code. Is that not what started the discussion?
I'd say too many people without merit and knowledge of the project spouting off building on misinformation and rants more fitting for a racist channel on 4chan would be my analysis of what started the discussion. Backwards compatibility through at least a future release of SA 4.1 has always been announced as part of the plan. See https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7826 Regards, KAM -- Kevin A. McGrail kmcgr...@apache.org Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171