Steve,
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 3:28 PM, Steve Pinkham <[email protected]>wrote:
> Up until now we have been using the latest svn version of w3af when
> building out the web security dojo training VM. (available at
> http://dojo.mavensecurity.com if you want to link to it on the download
> section as a way to get w3af, btw ;o)
>
> I was curious if you think we should start including the release
> versions instead, if those versions get any special testing before
> release, or if we're still better off getting the latest bugfixes from svn.
>
My opinion is that the version in the SVN trunk is always going to be the
best choice for the advanced user.
The releases are good for the following reasons:
* Reach out to new users: Some users don't know what SVN is
* Visibility: If we never release, we never get to send emails to
everybody bothering them to test the newest version :)
* Packaging: w3af is packaged in many linux distros, windows installer,
etc. It makes sense for them to have a new release from which they can build
instead of packaging a "randomly selected version from the trunk"
>From now on, we're going to be releasing two new w3af versions per quarter.
One of them will usually have cool features while the other one will be a
little bit more focused in bug fixes.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.
>
> Steve
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