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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--qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline 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 -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+SfN+IubykFB6QiMRArl4AJ4jjRKkaiisMRZPTmBEUnQuFRyG0gCgtEYD 02zxEsNUqr3vOanlulUYYYU= =cRLD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qMm9M+Fa2AknHoGS-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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