2007/9/28, Rainer Gerhards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi Michael, > > as I have blogged, I am not yet sure about how to handle the situation. > I am also consulting with Autotools experts, any advise is appreciated. > > Two packages seem useful, especially when more plugins become available > (I myself think about email and a couple of other databases). Many folks > also do not like the idea of having to have libmysql present on the > system just to install rsyslog - with a core package and the plugin,
Well, this is not quite true. If you don't want to have mysql support, you could just use --disable-mysql. This way you don't have to have mysql installed. Such a --enable/disable-feature option could be added for any plugin that will be added in the future. > those can only install the core (and that will probably the majority of > cases). > > What I have not yet found - and I have very limited expertise in this > area - is how to do that in the best possible way. I do have quite some experience with autotools. So if any help is needed, I'll gladly offer it. > release 1 of it). So, in the medium to long term, ommysql *will* be a > separate project - maybe one with a different maintainer, as I am no > mysql guy. This actually is a valid argument for splitting it off. But to reiterate what I posted earlier: For the plugins shipped directly by the rsyslog project, I'd prefer to have them in a single tarball with configure options to turn them on/off and as long as you are the maintainer of the mysql output plugin its more convenient to keep them in one project. Why not make the split when the plugin interface is stable, other output plugins are available (and we have more experience how to handle them) and a external maintainer for ommysql is found? I hope this doesn't sound too negative. I generally like the idea of having a plugin interface, but I only fear that splitting things up prematurely without knowing how it develops, will complicate things (and probably destabilize). Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instruments seeking intelligent life in the universe are pointed away from Earth? _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
