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Date:      Sat, 3 May 2008 19:07:23 +1000
From:      Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
To:        Anthony Pankov <ap00@mail.ru>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org, Martin Sch?tte <lists@mschuette.name>
Subject:   Re: Improving Syslog
Message-ID:  <20080503090723.GA3159@k7.mavetju>
In-Reply-To: <1723583765.20080503123027@mail.ru>
References:  <481B7ED4.3020208@mschuette.name> <1723583765.20080503123027@mail.ru>

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On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 12:30:27PM +0400, Anthony Pankov wrote:
> It is not pleasant to me that most comprehensible unix subsystem -
> syslog - will grow to multipurpose monster.
> 
> More pleasant to here about careful redesign of syslogd that make
> available various plugins|additional daemons each of which adds
> well-defined functionality.
> 
> I dislike many features living in one binary file. Especially when
> this binary will do one thing for me - write messages to file.
> 
> Sorry, but when i imagine one more software to scrub from cool
> features i become more sad.

Even if the voices are opposing it, we can always make a port out
of it so that the people who are interested in it can use it :-)

Edwin

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