control: reassign -1 logcheck-database Am 20.12.2015 um 02:32 schrieb Kevin Locke: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for the very fast response! > > On 12/19/2015 06:24 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: >> Am 20.12.2015 um 02:11 schrieb Kevin Locke: >>> systemd currently logs many informational messages to the system log and >>> does not exclude any of these messages from logcheck, which results in >>> an overwhelming number of systemd log messages being reported. >>> >>> The logcheck maintainers recommend that packages maintain their own >>> logcheck rules.[1] >> >> Speaking for myself, as one of the systemd maintainers, I don't use and >> have never used logcheck. So it's unlikely that I'll do a proper job at >> maintaining the logcheck rules. I therefor feel uneasy to accept this >> patch and I think it would probably be better added to the logcheck >> package, where people that actually use it, maintain it. > > I can understand that. Keep in mind, the rules are just regular > expressions which match log messages that can be ignored under normal > conditions, so understanding the internals of logcheck is not required. > But without using logcheck, it's likely they will become out of date > and result in bugs from users (which offloads the logcheck work, but > requires more bug handling work). > > I think part of the reasoning of the logcheck maintainers, other than > reducing their own burden, is that the rules are often version-specific > (as log messages change across versions) so putting them in the > logcheck-database package would require matching against any possible > version of the other packages. Additionally, package maintainers are > more likely to know when messages (or message formatting) changes > significantly. > > However, if you and the other systemd maintainers are uncomfortable > including the rules in the systemd package, feel free to reassign this > bug to the logcheck-database package. >
Doing so. -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth?
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