Chris Santerre wrote:
and, the OTHER project in this discussion -- SARE -- leaning
on your own
argument, is pointedly NOT undertaking to use/conform to sa's
'official' tools & capabilities -- namely, sa-update as a delivery
mechanism.
I don't see how I can make this any clearer....
SARE is rules. NOT delivery.
SARE is NOT an official part of SA. And it is completely optional.
I agree completely (feeling guilty for starting this discussion). The
entire point of my thread, my questions, my request for input was *not*
that I thought SA should provide some mechanisim for keeping rules all
in one place, or that I thought SARE_*, backhair, weeds, or any other
ruleset/author/hacker should conform to SA's delivery method. Nor should
the SA team be required to provide a delivery method.
I was just trying to find a way to make my life easier. My failed
attempt at using sa-update --updatedir to place SA updated rules
alongside RoulsDuJour updates caused me to change my thinking 180
degrees and attempt to get all other rule updates to play nicely with SA.
Right now SARE seems to be getting the brunt of the discussion, but what
about tomorrow with Doctor Doolittle's SA Rule Compendium launches? Or
next year when the EuropeanAntiSpamConsortium goes online? I don't
consider it the rule authors responsibility to make a channel anymore
than I think every single piece of software should be provided as RPM.
With that said, I would prefer not to have a update procedure for every
rule source I use. The SA developers have provided a means to update
rules efficiently and in a supported manner. Until now, RulsDuJour was
"the only game in town". Now there is a supported method.
I'm happy to supply channels if others are interested, some SARE rules,
maybe others if requested. If it works and is well received, possibly
Doctor Doolittle and the EuropeanAntiSpamConsortium will consider
providing channels for their own rules, maybe even SARE. Who knows?
exit 0
DAve
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