Darryl Gregorash wrote:
On 2006-12-06 13:54, Adi Pircalabu wrote:
John Andersen wrote:
extreemly late getting out updates to very time sensitive packages such as SpamAssassin. These packages are a month old.
Cpan at most 24 hours old.
1. What is important for you may not be that important for others
Having the most recent virus definition files is not important?
Any serious antivirus vendor must have a decent updating procedure for the most important part: virus definitions and scanning engines. They are the "core" of every AV solution and do not usually depend on a specific package version. I have not seen yet an AV software which forces me to update my entire installation on a daily basis, for every new virus signature update. I should be able to update the engines only.
2. Newer does not always mean better/safer/faster. It rather means untested.
Certainly not in the case of virus definition files.
A generic question: Why would it be so hard for a software updater package to check for the existance of packages installed by other means?
Why would you want this mix-up of package & source installed software? Especially, how can a vendor be able to offer support (a generic term for, let's say, software assurance) If a client requires a particular version of some software, so be it, you'll tailor the solution for them. But the stock version should always contain tested software.
I guess you don't care about your clients missing the occasional new virus that is only caught in the virus definition update that was released today.
If you're talking about SA here, there is always sa-update(1) to update the .cf files. -- Adi Pircalabu -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org