Re: [Emerging-Sigs] Snort 2.9.0.1 Now Available

[Russ Combs <rcombs () sourcefire com>]

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 9:08 PM, waldo kitty <wkitty42 () windstream net> wrote:

> On 11/3/2010 10:54, Joel Esler wrote:
>
> > This is for /rules/, remember.  Current version, and one back is the
> > standard.
> > We'll take a look at the life cycle, wording, and policy on the website to
> > see
> > if any modifications need to be made to clarify anything.
> > We can't bring the 2.9.0 or 2.9.0.1 improvements back to 2.8.x.  2.9.0 was
> > a big
> > rewrite of the stream model (and many other things) and bringing back the
> > code
> > to 2.8 would, as I said, be a monumental undertaking.  That's why 2.9 was
> > released.
>
> with the major changes that 2.9 brought, it really should have been 3.0...
> i never have understood the aversion to two digit minor, subminor and
> subsubminor numbering with snort... some stuff could easily have been
> X.2.15.3 or such... this numbering stuff is one of the things, as i see it,
> that is causing problems with supporting older versions and being able to
> backport some fixes... yes, i know... i've been there a few times myself and
> in the middle of such now but there are ways to handle it when necessary...
>
> several of my projects are current stuck at 2.8.6.1 with NO WAY to move
> forward due to the forced updates in certain sources that snort has gone...
> it bites huge uglies and many of my clients are extremely upset... you don't
> hear it but i sure do :( :( :(

What, specifically, are the "forced updates in certain sources" you are
referring to?

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