[clamav-users] Warning in ClamAV update process

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 13 September 2014 12:14:33 Scott Kitterman did opine
And Gene did reply:
> On Saturday, September 13, 2014 12:07:46 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > And then even more time to convince TPTB in charge of the major
> > distributions, that the upgrade needs to find its way into their
> > repo's. I am on an older ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS install, with enough X
> > and kde to get what I want, but that also has its drawbacks as I am
> > stuck with a patched up 98.1.
> > 
> > This is also a problem that needs to be addressed in closed door
> > sessions with the Ubuntu's, SuSe's and Red Hat's of the industry,
> > building a fire under their packagers occasionally.  Its a cost of
> > doing business, although I am not 100% aware of who is paying the
> > bills for this project, I read rumors that might be just that so I
> > won't propagate them.
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm the primary packager for clamav on Ubuntu.  Getting the current
> clamav packages to work on an older system like 10.04 takes some work
> that I haven't had time to do.
> 
> I'm a volunteer developer, so your ability to find someone who will
> like a fire under me is probably somewhat limited.  I had planned on
> working on today, but reading crap like this is totally demotivating. 
> I'll probably spend the time on paid work instead.
> 
> Scott K

I can't say as I'd blame you.  Paid work in this "free" software arena is 
king.

My caterwauling about it is NOT a show stopper here because database 
backwards compatibility has in fact been well maintained.  It appears I 
worded it poorly.  As its been 40+years since I worked by the hour, that 
phrase about building a fire has become a part of the business language.

My apology's.
 
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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