Hello Justin, Monday, August 1, 2005, 6:12:16 PM, you wrote:
>> > - - having to rename the rules is a bit of a mess. not sure >> > if there is a good way to fix that though >> >> Do you mean simply categorizing the names, or the rights to rename? JM> no -- the problem is that a rule that comes in as "GREAT_RULE" may come JM> out the other end as "MID_INVALID_BAT_4", and there's no way to track the JM> rule renames from end to end, without following it slowly back JM> through SVN history (which is hard work). JM> naming isn't really much of a big deal but it'd be nice to have some way JM> to keep track of that. (not that I can think of it.) The method we sometimes use in SARE is to add comment lines to the rules file, eg: header SARE_SUB_FREE_PRES Subject =~ /(?!free pres[es])free pres./i describe SARE_SUB_FREE_PRES subject has likely spammer phrase or word score SARE_SUB_FREE_PRES 1.322 #ham SARE_SUB_FREE_PRES "free press" www.freepress.net, free presentation #hist SARE_SUB_FREE_PRES From 88_FVGT_subject.cf FS_FREE_PRES May 1 2004 I don't see any reason not to use these comment lines (in whatever format the project and/or devs choose) and to keep them with rules as they migrate from submission to test to production. Bob Menschel
