John Myers writes: > Theo Van Dinter wrote: > > When it comes down to it, the body/header/etc rules aren't any different > > from other code, beyond the fact that they have the same API for ages. > > > Similarly, the DNS rules have had the same API for ages. Adding and > removing new block lists can be done independent of release/branch. > > On the flip side, replace_rules, while being text match, are highly > dependent on releases which have the ReplaceTags plugin. > > The use or non-use of "eval:" is not particularly relevant. What is > relevant is the "version dependence" and ubiquity of the underlying > mechanism and the amount of information contained in the rule definition.
+1. Perhaps "code tied" is a very bad way of putting this. --j.
