[Openvas-devel] OpenVAS versioning scheme?

Thomas Reinke lists at securityspace.com
Tue Oct 26 02:01:53 CEST 2010


++++++1

Thomas

Jan-Oliver Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> thinking about the next major releases,
> I got the impression that it does not make
> so much sense to bind the OpenVAS version to
> the module openvas-libraries or openvas-scanner.
> 
> In fact, the modules undergo developments at a
> different pace. Currently, scanner is not much changed
> whereas manager and gsa are.
> 
> So, how about next release "OpenVAS 4" equal
> to the combination of openvas-libraries/openvas-scanner 3.x,
> openvas-manager/gsa 2.0, openvas-administrator/gsd/openvas-cli 1.0 ?
> 
> OpenVAS 5 would then be a major update in any of the components again,
> be it the scanner or something else.
> 
> This would also help the PR work.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Best
> 
> 	Jan
> 



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