On Freitag, 12. Juni 2009, Dirk Jagdmann wrote:
> > OpenVAS Change Request #34:
> > Upgrade OpenVAS Server dependency from glib 2.6 to glib 2.8
> > http://www.openvas.org/openvas-cr-34.html
>
> If you upgrade that requirement, just have a look if 2.10 or 2.12 would
> offer even more functions that might be usefull compared to 2.6.
> I think if we change this dependency we could take a larger step ahead,
> because if there might be usefull new function in later releases we
> don't have to do this work every couple of month.
>
> I personally don't think that people will want to use new releases of
> OpenVAS on Linux installation more than 2 years old. As a test, we could
> make a poll on the mailling lists and website which OS versions people
> are acutally using, so we get an idea of the real world usage. (And I'm
> pretty sure, that with my Redhat 6.0 based system from 1999 I'm the
> oldest one anyway...)
I think you are correct with what you say. However, I prefer to stay
conservative. And if I could only name functions of 2.8 that I need,
I prefer to not go beyond that.
After all, it is not _that_ complicated to raise the requirements as
I expect new release-series in a pretty regular intervall (1-2 per year).
Best
Jan
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