[clamav-users] Error 429 when updating database

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

>On 10/04/2021 23:45, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>>>On 10/04/2021 22:59, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>>>[SNIP]
>>>>it could help if we provided proper reason to upgrade tho.
>>
>>On 10.04.21 23:08, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>>>Isn't, "It's security software", sufficient?
>>
>>obviously not. There are still question:
>>1.) what may break if we upgrade?
>>2.) what may break if we don't upgrade?
>>3.) why should we upgrade if nothing's broken and we risk 1.) ?
>>
>>etc

On 10.04.21 23:54, Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
>Hmm, must not be too worried, then.
>
>The mob I work for's (enterprise) clients tend to send me queries 
>every time an OpenSSL or other CVE comes out, "How long will it take 
>to apply the fix?", "When will you have a new release ready?", "Does 
>it affect the product(s)?", usually in that order.
>
>And yes, we all know about the problem of, "How much other testing 
>will have to be done?"

Debian and other distros usually fix security bugs by backporting security fix into
provided SW version.

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