time for syslog-ng? (was Re: klogd)

[Greg Schafer]

Dan Nicholson wrote:

> I just read that Fedora has decided to take the plunge and replace
> sysklogd as their default syslog.
> 
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue94#head-f55df1c4e39b27afc053b435a85088e5aec25a84
> 
> Anyway, they've decided to use rsyslog since it maintains a compatible
> interface to sysklogd and the conf file wouldn't have to change.
> 
> http://www.rsyslog.com/
> 
> I haven't looked into it yet, but it seems promising and active.

Indeed, but IMHO some of the Fedora rationale is questionable ie: "dead
upstream" is not quite true. That is, if you can believe the sysklogd
maintainer :-)

http://lists.infodrom.org/infodrom-sysklogd/2007/0011.html

Regards
Greg
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