From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 3 08:54:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F9D9106566B for ; Sat, 3 May 2008 08:54:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ap00@mail.ru) Received: from mx0.awanti.com (mx0.awanti.com [91.190.112.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D65608FC15 for ; Sat, 3 May 2008 08:54:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ap00@mail.ru) Received: from pstation (unknown [10.28.4.14]) by mx0.awanti.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216524C04F; Sat, 3 May 2008 12:28:12 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 12:30:27 +0400 From: Anthony Pankov X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Personal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1723583765.20080503123027@mail.ru> To: =?Windows-1251?B?TWFydGluIFNjaPx0dGU=?= , hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <481B7ED4.3020208@mschuette.name> References: <481B7ED4.3020208@mschuette.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=Windows-1251 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Subject: Re: Improving Syslog X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Anthony Pankov List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 08:54:32 -0000 Hello Martin, 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. Saturday, May 03, 2008, 12:51:32 AM, you wrote: MS> Hello, MS> I am taking part in this year's Google Summer of Code for NetBSD and MS> want to implement the upcoming IETF Syslog standards for BSD's MS> syslogd(8). The most important improvements will be an extended message MS> format, TLS network transport, and digital signatures. MS> I hope these new functions will later be ported to benefit all BSD MS> variants (as their syslogds are similar). MS> So everyone interested is invited to take a look at the project pages MS> now and then. Naturally any feedback is welcome. MS> The official project's homepage is at MS> http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/syslogd/ MS> and for developing I maintain a Trac at MS> http://barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de/trac/syslogd/ -- Best regards, Anthony mailto:ap00@mail.ru