Hi there,

On Sat, 31 Jul 2021, Micah Snyder (micasnyd) via clamav-users wrote:

... change the default directory for the config files from
<prefix>/etc to <prefix>/etc/clamav. ...

This is relatively unimportant.

If it were up to me, I'd look to see if there's already what seems to
be an existing, sane, config directory and, if found, use it.  Perhaps
confirm it with the user building it first; you could even ask for it.
If not found, by all means create something in /usr/local/etc/opt/ or
whatever floats your FHS-compliant boat at the time.  But please try
not to mess things up for existing users who've had to put up with
quite enough of this kind of thing from package mantainers already.

Unfortunately, I procrastinated it so hard I forgot to merge it
before the first release candidate. ... I would like your opinion.

This is very important.  Think in terms of, say, trashing the database
for half a million customers.

I've already mentioned privately to Joel that I'm concerned about the
quality control over there.  This reinforces the feeling.  This is the
kind of thing which could de-orbit the ISS and cannot be excused.

Most people think quality control means testing.  It doesn't.

It's mostly about how you design, and document, and implement all your
procedures and processes so that things can *never* get forgotten, or
left out, or put in, by accident.  You need to get a very firm grip on
those things now, before you do more or less anything else.  It's the
manufacturing equivalent of growing up.

There must be somebody in the Cisco empire who deals with this stuff.
Find him, and spend some quality time with him[*].  It'll be worth it.

--

73,
Ged.
[*] The masculine embraces the feminine where the context permits.

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