[Mageia-dev] freez push clamav-0.97.4

[Maarten Vanraes]

Op zondag 25 maart 2012 00:21:36 schreef Colin Guthrie:
> 'Twas brillig, and Thomas Spuhler at 24/03/12 22:49 did gyre and gimble:
> > On Saturday, March 24, 2012 12:36:06 PM Sander Lepik wrote:
> >> On Mar 24, 2012 9:13 PM, "Thomas Spuhler" <thomas at btspuhler.com> wrote:
> >>> please push clamav-0.97.4
> >>> --
> >>> Best regards
> >>> Thomas Spuhler
> >> 
> >> Why?
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Sander
> > 
> > it's an upgrade from 0.97.4
> > We need to provide the newest version of the antivirus package
> 
> This, by itself, is not a very good explanation.
> 
> If this is purely a definitions update then that's fine.
> If this is a bugfix update that's probably fine too (depending on the bug)
> If it's a new feature update then that likely won't make it.
> 
> People are all very busy. It only takes the person requesting the push a
> minute or two to describe things properly. Please give your busy
> colleagues the respect they deserve and provide good explanations to
> save them having to spend time discussing and asking further questions.
> 
> We still don't really have enough information to decide on this one!
> 
> So please state whether it's just definitions or bugfix (and if so what
> bugs) etc.
> 
> Col

IIUC older clamav engines aren't supported, and stop working. but the reason 
given was indeed not enough.

keep in mind that new features for this often means a security fix :-D

i think this'll likely go through, but the original poster should check to see 
how things are, and report them accurately.