Hi,
Em S?, 2003-08-02 �s 16:49, Florin Andrei escreveu:
> How about separating the rules from the SpamAssassin distribution
> itself, and offer them as a separate package? This would be similar to
> the way intrusion detection systems (Snort, etc.) and antivirus
> applications work.
I think this is a great idea.
I thought about this some time ago, and wonder about some gotchas in
doing this:
1 - Lots of rules depends on the sa "engine" being used to work, like
eval tests.
2 - Depending on the type of rules it would have to check the sa
"engine" version at run time to be sure it can be used.
3 - Some tests if not preperly written or used with a "buggy" version of
sa "engine", could bring sa down.
4 - For this to work out, an extra amount of qa tests would be necessary
to make sure nothing would break during rule package releases.
5 - I am not sure the authors of sa (and volunteers) have enough time
for doing this. This process could slow sa development.
AFAI Imagine, anti-virus software companies have different teams to
deal with this issues.
OTOH, if all this factors doesn't really matter, I would love to start
using rules from sa 2.60 in 2.55 while 2.60 still beta.
[]'s
Raul Dias
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