Nicolas Williams writes: > On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 12:12:33PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: > > Instead, syslog is a great dumping ground for all sorts of debug and > > human-only messages, and will likely be treated that way indefinitely. > > I would oppose an effort to apply structure on top of something that > > is inherently without structure. > > Are you speaking of the protocol?
Both of the files and the applications that use syslog. The protocol itself is well enough defined. > The IETF SYSLOG WG is chartered to, among other things, add room in the > protocol for structured messages: Yes, I'm well aware of that effort. I think it's misguided for exactly the same reasons. If someone feels like implementing syslogng on Solaris and (in particular) the extensions that allow structured XML messages to be generated, well, go ahead. I think it's really an unwise decision because the usage case is unclear and seems to overlap greatly with the intended purpose of more stable, robust, and already-deployed mechanisms (such as SNMP Inform) to deliver event notification. But if someone's going to take this on and own it, and show how this isn't merely an attractive nuisance for developers, I guess I'll wait to see that. -- James Carlson, KISS Network <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
