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Date:      Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:40:54 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>, arch@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: syslog.conf syntax change (multiple program/host specifications)
Message-ID:  <20030212071054.GA32298@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200302120632.36583.wes@softweyr.com>
References:  <20030210114930.GB90800@melusine.cuivre.fr.eu.org> <200302112310.h1BNAUBS019097@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> <200302120632.36583.wes@softweyr.com>

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On Wednesday, 12 February 2003 at  6:32:36 +0000, Wes Peters wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 February 2003 23:10, Garrett Wollman wrote:
>> In article <200302111430.03156.wes@softweyr.com> you write:
>>> Excellent.  I have another simple change to syslog I want to cast before
>>> the audience for consideration.
>>
>> I have had near the bottom of the CFT pile for some time now a project
>> to do the following (which your example is just crying out for):
>>
>> 1) Integrate syslogd and newsyslog.
>> 2) Replace syslog.conf and newsyslog.conf with a new configuration file
>> that contains complete descriptions of log sources and destinations.
>>
>> As a part of (2) I have been thinking at very low priority about how
>> to represent the new configuration file, and I've come to the
>> conclusion that XML is probably the best answer.
>
> There was a time I would have agreed with you, but that time has
> passed.  SGML-ish languages have such tortured syntax and are such
> an abomination on the eyes they should never be exposed to human
> eyes.

Amen.

Greg
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