David, thanks, that's an excellent summary :)
Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:19 AM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Difference between versions > > On Sat, 16 Jan 2010, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > I've spent a long time picking through changelogs, but I'm afraid I > > don't have a clear understanding of what to choose between versions > of > > rsyslog. > > 2 is ancient, it's only in RHEL because that is the version that was > out > when RHEL5 was released and they never upgrade software (by policy) > > 3 was the stable about a year ago. This is in Debian 5 > > 4 is after a bunch of rapid developement, it's starting to appear in > some > distros > > 5 is the current version, it is _much_ faster than previous version. > > unfortunantly the current 5.2 'stable' release is known to be very > buggy. > 5.3.6 was released a week ago, and it is believed to be the best > version. > several of us are testing it (I put in it production on a couple dozen > machines in friday, so I should find anything that affects my > environment > by monday). The expectation is that this will replace the broken 5.2 > very > shortly. > > so if you are compiling anyway, I would suggest giving 5.3.6 a try, if > you > find anything that doesn't work, post here and you will probably get a > fix > quickly (note that the main developer is in germany, so you do have the > time zone lag to deal with) > > David Lang > > > My platform is RHEL 5 - the distro ships with 2.0 which seems to be > > both ancient and deprecated. > > > > If I have to build a new package, it would be good to understand > which > > version I should choose. For example. Rawhide has a 4.x package, > > which would be the obvious starting point. > > > > My overall objective is to be able to aggregate syslog and also > Drupal > > watchdog logs in a central location, and index them with Solr, to > > produce a data mart/wharehouse. > > > > I look forward to enlightenment! > > > > TIA, > > > > S, > > > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com
