Re: Can we get a zlib update?

[Tom Yates <madlists teaparty net>]

On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Jesse Keating wrote:

> Why should the buck START with zlib?  If we do one, then we should do
> them all right?  I'm sorry but this is a hard line I have to draw.

fwiw, i wholeheartedly support jesse on this.

i think it's been fairly well established that zlib doesn't need upgrading 
to build ClamAV, but even if we were discussing some deep core tool, 
without whose upgrade no single piece of code released anywhere on earth 
since 1.1.2003 would build, i'd still support the "we patch, not upgrade" 
policy.

i'm maintaining production servers on the strength of FL, and i do *not* 
want stuff changing under me without my consent.  where i need new 
functionality (as i do, for (eg) squirrelmail and spamassassin), i'll 
package it myself.  unless i choose to do that, or to bite the bullet and 
upgrade an entire system, i *really* don't want upgrades disguised as 
fixes sneaking in under the radar.


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  Tom Yates
  Cambridge, UK.