[clamav-users] Daily 23161 broke Clam

Leonardo Rodrigues leolistas at solutti.com.br
Sat Mar 4 22:12:55 UTC 2017


     is clamav a redhat product ?!?! I don't think so. That being said, 
i see absolutely no point at all on saying clamav should do this because 
redhat does that.

     Anyone wishing to be updated with a 10+ years rhel install, should 
call redhat for that :)

     my 0.02 cents ...


Em 04/03/17 12:32, Ned Slider escreveu:
>
> Red Hat typically now supports each release of RHEL for at least a 
> decade, and that's not including any additional extended support 
> periods one may purchase from Red Hat in addition to the standard 
> production lifespan, so in a Red Hat world, I would say a decade is 
> the *minimum* period one should support dependent libs if you want 
> your software used on that platform.
>
> RHEL5 may reach end of production on 31 March 2017 but extended 
> life-cycle support continues until 30 Nov 2020, so preferably support 
> for pcre-6 should continue until then.
>
> https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates
>
> A huge number of mail admins want to install a RH mail server and 
> forget about it for 10+ years knowing it is supported and will just 
> work, and that things aren't going to continually break with each and 
> every update. I'm currently in the process of installing a new mail 
> server to replace a RHEL5 server, initially set up in 2007, and only 
> because RHEL5 is EOL. The same hardware (touch wood) is still going 
> strong and hasn't missed a beat in 10 years. If I could afford the 
> extended support from RH I'd probably let it run for another 3 years.
>
> So your opinion on this will be influenced by your perspective. I 
> would argue that RHEL has a large enough installed userbase to warrant 
> supporting it for at least it's 10 year production life-cycle.

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