RE: Antidrug.cf deprecated and no longer maintained.

[Bowie Bailey <Bo...@BUC.com>]

From: Matt Kettler [mailto:mkettler@evi-inc.com]
> 
> mouss wrote:
> > 
> > I didn't say so but had in mind:
> > - antidrug.cf:  just a notice (which also provides a link to the
> > pre30 version)
> > - a pre30 version.
> 
> No way.
> 
> That creates a problem for users of SA 2.64 who are RDJ'ing
> antidrug. They'd have to actively notice that the rules are gone and
> re-configure their systems.
> 
> I definitely don't want to break functionality of users who are
> doing the right thing. On the other hand, I'd be perfectly happy to
> cause errors/warnings for users of SA 3.0.0 or higher, as they're
> the ones using an outdated ruleset.

Doesn't RDJ have a rule renaming feature?  I seem to remember getting
a message from RDJ at one point saying that one of the SARE rules had
changed names.

Bowie

Re: Antidrug.cf deprecated and no longer maintained.

[Nick Leverton <nj...@leverton.org>]

On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 10:10:18AM -0800, Justin Mason wrote:
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> Chris Thielen writes:
> > Did SA 2.6x support any if* statements in rulesfiles like 3.0 does (eg:
> > ifplugin)?
> 
> Chris, pretty sure it didn't.

ISTR that it tried to, but it was found not to work.  I seem to have
de-archived the local 2.6x bugzilla mails though!

Nick

Re: Antidrug.cf deprecated and no longer maintained.

[Chris Thielen <cm...@someone.dhs.org>]

Matt Kettler wrote:

> At 08:57 AM 12/1/2005, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>
>> Doesn't RDJ have a rule renaming feature? I seem to remember getting
>> a message from RDJ at one point saying that one of the SARE rules had
>> changed names.
>
>
> Renaming is quite different. If you re-name, at least your users will
> know about it because their downloads will fail.
>
> Replacing the file contents with nothing comments will generate no
> warnings, no errors, and no one will notice.
>
Indeed, RDJ allows a ruleset name to be changed with no end user
intervention. You could change your ruleset name from antidrug.cf to
antidrug_pre300.cf (and notify me, of course) and it wouldn't cause 404s
or any other visible errors to RDJ users. This doesn't really solve the
problem though, except that you can then reuse the antidrug.cf filename
for further post-3.00 releases.



Did SA 2.6x support any if* statements in rulesfiles like 3.0 does (eg:
ifplugin)?

RE: Antidrug.cf deprecated and no longer maintained.

[Matt Kettler <mk...@comcast.net>]

At 08:57 AM 12/1/2005, Bowie Bailey wrote:
>Doesn't RDJ have a rule renaming feature?  I seem to remember getting
>a message from RDJ at one point saying that one of the SARE rules had
>changed names.

Renaming is quite different. If you re-name, at least your users will know 
about it because their downloads will fail.

Replacing the file contents with nothing comments will generate no 
warnings, no errors, and no one will notice.