[arch-general] ClamAV should be update to 0.93

[Uwe Vogt]

On Sun, 04 May 2008 16:10:31 -0700, pyther <pyther at pyther.net> wrote:

>> * Attila <attila at invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> On Sonntag, 4. Mai 2008 12:47 Tino Reichardt wrote:
>>>
>>> > If they don't have the time to be a maintainer for some package, they
>>> > shouldn't be the maintainer of it!
>>>
>>> For me this is definitely too hard. And unfair because archlinux is a
>>> distribution (as a lot of other too) which is managed by private  
>>> individual
>>> for private individual.
>>>
>>> The devs of archlinux gives us with abs a perfect and easy  
>>> understandable way
>>> to make in the most cases updates at the time we wants it. Irony on:  
>>> That is
>>> why other distros with another package magagment needs fulltime
>>> maintaining.-)
>>>
>>> And to the argument of that clamav is a "security update": This is only
>>> relevant for servers which have windows clients and in this case,  
>>> sorry, this
>>> is at first the job of the admin of the server and "opps" this be you  
>>> and not
>>> the maintainer of a package.
>>
>> It isn't to hard. Its just the plain truth.
>>
>> If the maintainer hasn't the time, he should give the package to someone
>> else, which has the time.
>>
>>
>> PS: I am not an admin of some important server which needs an update ;)
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards, TR
>>
> What if there are no other devs/maintainer? Maintainers have to be  
> trusted, have to prove that they know what their
> doing etc...
>
> I wouldn't want someone random person from the community becoming a  
> maintainer for a package or two, because you don't
> know what he or she knows. I wouldn't want to install a pkg that wipes  
> out my whole /usr dir by mistake.
>
> Also if security is a big concern arch isn't probably the best distro to  
> be using.
>

This is my criticism in the Archlinux Leadership. I think there must some  
changes, I will not shot Aaron, I mean Aaron needs some help in form from  
a  Lead Engineer for "community/AUR" and for "development" how can  
organize this. Many User like to help but can't because the developer  
sitting like a chicken on his eggs (packages), with no response. Now I  
will spam this topic here, http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=48092