On Tue, 23 Sep 2008, RB wrote: >> 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.
I've been using checkinstall to make the packages as I compile them. it would be handy if rsyslog could include the spec files that it would use to create the appropriate packages, but I can understand the reluctance to go there. but if the dependancies are well documented, then creating the appropriate file would be pretty easy. David Lang _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog
