> What is missing is a place to provide things like the rpm package RB > offered. Specific files and such. A quick solution could be that I > collect such material and place it, without any guarantee and whatsoever > support from me, onto the rsyslog download server and offer that > directory as a free resource to the community. That would at least > ensure that there is a single spot where things can be found by anyone > who searches.
Sounds like you need a contrib/ directory, either on your download server or included in the releases (or both - releases could include a snapshot). Linking them from explanatory pages in the wiki will only serve to help search ranks and generally make everyone happy. They should come with (as you said) a disclaimer that best-effort support may be had on the lists/forums, but that they are unofficial and therefore not warranted or supported directly by Adiscon. An alternative would be to allow specific users to upload attachments to the wiki and link them from a semi-protected page; not as efficient or as easy to moderate/aggregate, but it would certainly be more instantaneous. The 'maintainer' of the given file should additionally link to instructions on using the package. Once a sane package is created, most packaging systems make scripted updates rather easy - use sed to update version numbers/checksums, and it's good to go. Gentoo's so easy, all you have to do is re-name the package file. Only when major functionality changes (added binaries, configuration options, etc.) should one have to non-trivially touch the package. On that note, the spec file I provided only covers limited rsyslog functionality - GSSAPI, rfc3195, RELP, and the debugging tools were all left off simply because I didn't have the time to build/package their prerequisites. One last bit: coming from the Gentoo mentality, I'm less interested in binary packages and far more in the meta-files used to generate those. Others may differ, but that may help the bitrot concern. _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
