[Openvas-devel] Dropping NASL_LEVEL

[Thomas Reinke]

Further to my previous email, we have updated our build procedures so
that NASL_LEVEL is no longer being introduced in any new scripts we
submit.

Thomas

Thomas Reinke wrote:
 > Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >> I wonder whether we should simply drop NASL_LEVEL entirely.
 >> Which in fact means that all the if-clauses used in .nasl-skripts
 >> can be resolved.
 >>
 >> OpenVAS started with a level 2300. Also we introduced
 >> OPENVAS_NASL_LEVEL because we do not want to mix
 >> up with Nessus. So, for OpenVAS users the NASL_LEVEL conditionals are
 >> always true anyway.
 >>
 >> I guess, this primarily concerns those who try to keep
 >> NASL-Skripts compatible with Nessus. Any opinion from your side
 >> on this idea to drop the NASL_LEVEL.
 >> Would it cause problems?
 >>
 >> Why not keep NASL_LEVEL? Well, it is confusing to new users, comsumes
 >> code lines and adds to complexity of some scripts.
 >>
 >> Best
 >>
 >>     Jan
 >>
 >
 > The only reason we are using it today is that it is still part
 > of our script build process.  No script that we produce that
 > I am aware of is running on any daemon with a low enough script
 > level to warrant the conditional lines.
 >
 > We'll update our build process to stop producing scripts with
 > these levels in them.
 >
 > Thomas
 >